“As a flying seed will debauch a whole meadow with flowers, one kiss, one caress not even wished for, had spoiled her peace of mind, even her good health.” LovePassionInfidelity In MarriageMarriage Of Convenience Book:The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait Source: The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
“During their last years it was as if they lay on one deathbed — the dying hands interlaced by habit, by hatred of each other and love of God, the dying mouths murmuring truths without pity and complaining still.” MarriageUnhappy MarriageLonging For LoveLong MarriagePruderySuffering Cruelty Book:The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait Source: The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
“Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home.” IfsHumansHomeCertainHuman NatureStrikesNervousConfusedNervous SystemFactualNervousnessNarrationMinutiae Author:Glenway Wescott
“But let us laugh carelessly like other men. Let us be timid even among fools. Let us knot silence around our throats. For they would surely kill us.” MenSilenceLaughingFoolThroatKnots Author:Glenway Wescott
“Life goes on and on after one's luck has run out. Youthfulness persists, alas, long after one has ceased to be young.” LongRunningYoungGoes OnLuckPersistAlasLife Goes OnBe YoungYouthfulness Book:The pilgrim hawk: a love story Source: The pilgrim hawk: a love story
“People as a rule do mean much more than they understand.” PeopleMean Book:The pilgrim hawk: a love story Source: The pilgrim hawk: a love story
“It is not love, but lack of love which is blind.” LoveLove YouBlindRomantic LoveLack Of Love Author:Glenway Wescott
“New York City is a great apartment hotel in which everyone lives and no one is at home.” HomeCitiesNew YorkHotelNew York CityApartment Author:Glenway Wescott
“There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments.” PainLiteratureEndureDisappointmentPretentiousness Book:The Crack-up Source: The Crack-up