Mollycoddling was the mother's duty; the father's lay elsewhere. As a consequence, his four older children feared and respected him, as they had been taught to do, and the love they professed to feel, had they been asked and had they answered truthfully or even had access to the truth, was of a duty-bound, obligatory … Continue reading Quote for Today: Neel Mukherjee
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Quote for Today: Herta Müller
I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently. ―Herta Müller, The Hunger Angel Public Domain Image via pexels.com
Quote for Today: Bret Easton Ellis
A curtain of stars, miles of them, are scattered, glowing, across the sky and their multitude humbles me, which I have a hard time tolerating. She shrugs and nods after I say something about forms of anxiety. It's as if her mind is having a hard time communicating with her mouth, as if she is … Continue reading Quote for Today: Bret Easton Ellis
Quote for Today: Edith Södergran
In far-off lands stand the great stones on which my thoughts rest. It was a foreigner who wrote the strange words on the hard board that is called my soul. Days and nights I lie and think about things that never happened: my thirsty soul was once given a drink. ―Edith Södergran, Poems 1916 Image: … Continue reading Quote for Today: Edith Södergran
Quote for Today: Bill Bryson
Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. The world, you realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow hikers know. Planetary scale is your … Continue reading Quote for Today: Bill Bryson
Quote for Today: Jonathan Goldstein
I turn on my computer to search Craigslist for apartment listings. The wireless window pops up, and I realize with some regret that all I know about my neighbours is their wireless network names: Krypton, Space balls, Couscous, and Scarlet. From this I can tell little else than that they're fans of Superman, Mel Brooks, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jonathan Goldstein
Quote for Today: Rumi
Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours. ―Rumi Public Domain Image via freestockphotos
