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Sandra Newman, born on November 6, 1965, is a talented writer whose works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and plays. Newman is known for her unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature.

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“She added in a tight, defensive voice that she panicked when she did jobs, it gave her existential panic. She could do them for a while, but it felt like darning socks in a burning building. Time was running out and . . . Did he ever get that?”

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Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

“The maidservants all were in love with Southampton, in a rapt, unhoping way, like a tribe of poets in love with the moon; one would have a fit of tears, then it spread to another and another, until all the house heaved with love's calamity.”

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Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

“Sweet wine from Spain and gossip from France; the sun in the windows dimmed, sorrowed prettily as the day declined, until the candles' light was mirrored in the glass. Their dabbling flames were like guesses at a feeling, the hearth's fire like the feeling itself. It was a beautiful pastime she had missed; hours that had stepped light-footed on Emilia's memory and passed on.”

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Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

“She was a candle in the night, a bright seed of heaven.”

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Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

“The dream was strongest of all when Kate's heart was broken. Then she fell asleep as if falling out of life, and the dream became numinous as real things are numinous, vivid even as it blankly slept. She couldn't prove it even to her own satisfaction, but she felt the dream was quickened by love.”

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Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

About the Author

Born: November 6, 1965
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 33

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