“For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur.” KnowsFirstsBookStoriesRememberPleasureRoomsHappeningsConnoisseur Book:Broken Music: A Memoir Source: Broken Music: A Memoir
“I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag.” KnowsStillsEnoughPastHappeningsTricksPassingPassingsBrushesConvenienceUnfoldingTime PassingRibbonsCombsHandbags Book:The Secret Scripture Source: The Secret Scripture
“..and I thought how liking a boy was just the same as believing you wanted to know a secret - everything was better when you were denied and could feel tormented by curiousity or loneliness. But the moment of something happening was treacherous. It was just so tiring to have to worry about whether your face was peeling, or to have to laugh at stories that weren’t funny.” KnowsFeelsBelieveMomentsStoriesWantedFacesSecretBoysWorryLaughingLonelinessHappeningsYour FaceDeniedTireTreacherousPeelingCuriousity Book:Prep: a novel Source: Prep: a novel