“Catherine Land liked the beginnings of things. The pure white possibility of the empty room, the first kiss, the first swipe at larceny. And endings, she liked endings, too. The drama of the smashing glass, the dead bird, the tearful goodbye, the last awful word which could never be unsaid or unremembered. It was the middles that gave her pause. This, for all its forward momentum, this was a middle. The beginnings were sweet, the endings usually bitter, but the middles were only the tightrope you walked between the one and the other. No more than that.”
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Robert Goolrick
Robert Goolrick is an American novelist born in 1948. His works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and profound exploration of the human psyche, primarily focusing on the lives and relationships in the American South. more
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