“You can't be a little bit saintly any more than you can be a little bit pregnant.” LittlesBitsGoodnessLittle BitPregnant Book:The Inland Island Source: The Inland Island
“Old people who live too long come to resemble turtles. As though time turned in a curve, and down they go to the reptiles again. Not the little wet naked frog they were born. But the tortoise. Cold eyes, sagging circles of skin, the nose becomes beak. The shell of sleep.” PeopleLittlesLongEyeAgeBornSleepColdSkinsCirclesNakedOld AgeNosesWetShellsCurvesOld PeopleFrogsTurtlesReptilesTortoisesBeaksSaggingCold Eyes Book:The Inland Island Source: The Inland Island