“Besides, nothing mattered to her any longer. If she had anything left it was her horror of cold — and the uncle had coal through his contacts. But she found the atmosphere of Berlin hard to bear. She dreamed of escape, of going to live under some more clement sky, far, very far away from it all, closer to nature.”
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Romain Gary, born on May 21, 1914, in Lithuania, and died on December 2, 1980, in France, was a distinguished diplomat and a versatile writer. He is renowned for his successful diplomatic career and literary achievements. more
“Land is a ripe mango on your tongue the ocean is a watermelon in your mouth.”
“Ghosts with periscope eyes, each a mausoleum of violet lilac sent to earth in another form.”
“all memory turning to light suns dwell inside the snow sleet.”
“The granularity of bones in a body. A forest with galaxies of moss.”
“When dew settles on grass, ghost tracks turn it to gossamer rain.”