“Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions of adults who emerge from this private geography.” StoriesVoiceFictionChildhoodSorrowOffersAdultsContemporaryRealmsAfflictionGeographySeductiveContemporary Fiction Author:Carol Anshaw
“What's mysterious, ambiguous, inexplicable. What doesn't fit into a story, what doesn't have a story. Glint of brightness on a barely-there chain. Patch of sunlight on a yellow wall. The loneliness that separates every living creature from every other living creature. Sorrow inseparable from joy.” StoriesJoyLonelinessWallFitSorrowCreaturesMysteriousChainsYellowSunlightPatchesInseparableBrightnessAmbiguousInexplicableLiving Creatures Author:Donna Tartt
“I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness reflected. But a smile is reflected in the same way, and cheers and brightens our hearts. You think there is no pleasure to be had in life. That is because you are heartsick and-and tired, as you say. With one sad story ended you are afraid to begin another-a sequel-feeling it would be equally sad. But why should it be? Isn't the joy or sorrow equally divided in life?” ThinkingWorldWayShouldLooksHeartStoriesFeelingsWould BeFacesJoyTurnsPleasureOur LivesSadnessSorrowMirrorsTiredLook UpDividedCheerSequelsSad StorySad Face Book:Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)