He's one of those smart, drifty young people who, after certain deliberations, decides he wants to do Something in the Arts but won't, possibly can't, think in terms of an actual job; who seems to ima...
He knows about damage the way a woman does. He knows, the way a woman knows, how to carry on as if nothing’s wrong.
He is still, at times, astonished by her. She may be the most intelligent woman in England, he thinks. Her books may be read for centuries.
Beauty - the beauty Peter craves - is this, then: a human bundle of accidental grace and doom and hope. Mizzy must have hope, he must, he wouldn't shine like this if he were in true despair, and of co...
Умершие — трудная тема. Пожалуй, самое примечательное в них — неизменность их статуса. Они будут мертвы в том же самом смысле и через тысячу лет. Я все еще привыкал к этому в связи с моим собственным...
Это было бы так же просто, как зарегистрироваться в гостинице. Не сложнее. А как замечательно было бы просто исчезнуть. Как замечательно было бы навсегда перестать волноваться, сражаться, терпеть пора...
Кресло Ричарда совершенно безумно, вернее, это кресло человека, который не то чтобы сошел с ума в клиническом смысле, но позволил вещам зайти так далеко, проделал такой путь в сторону отказа от общепр...
Who refuses to distinguish between setback and catastrophe; who worships accomplishment above all else and makes himself unbearable to others because he genuinely believes he can root out and reform e...
This is one of the most singular experiences, waking on what feels like a good day, preparing to work but not yet actually embarked. At this moment there are infinite possibilities, whole hours ahead....
Peter is still amazed at the degree to which a certain widening gyre of accolades can change an artist's work, literally change it, not just the new stuff but the old as well, the pieces that have bee...
Nemohol som povedať, že som šťastný. Nebolo to také jednoduché ako šťastie. Bol som len prítomný, azda prvý raz za svoju dospelosť. Tá chvíľa nebola ničím výnimočná. Ale mal som tu chvíľu a mal som ju...
He wanted to tell her that he was inspired and vigilant and recklessly alone, that his body contained his unsteady heart and something else, something he felt but could not describe: porous and spiky,...
I am beginning to understand the true difference between youth and age. Young people have time to make plans and think of new ideas. Older people need their whole energy to keep up with what’s already...
Andrew, who, in the wry of certain gods, couldn't care less about human squabblings; who literally fails to understand them. There are all these fruits, there's water and sky, there's enough for every...