“Sometimes the briefest moments capture us, force us to take them in, and demand that we live the rest of our lives in reference to them.” SometimesMomentsForceOur LivesDemandCapture Book:Autobiography of a Face Source: Autobiography of a Face
“I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try and call on it, just like a light bulb cracking off when you throw the switch.” ThinkingTryingSometimesLightUsedForeverShiningObviousFadesBangsBatteriesBulbsLight BulbShine On Author:Lucy Grealy
“The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance.” WayDifferentSometimesLife IsIgnoranceGenuineDifferent WaysPlot Author:Lucy Grealy
“This singularity of meaning--I was my face, I was ugliness--though sometimes unbearable, also offered a possible point of escape. It became the launching pad from which to lift off, the one immediately recognizable place to point to when asked what was wrong with my life. Everything led to it, everything receded from it--my face as personal vanishing point.” SometimesFacesLiftsUglinessUnbearablePadsSingularityVanishingLaunchingVanishing Point Book:Autobiography of a Face Source: Autobiography of a Face
