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.
Do we ever give anyone the gift they actually want?
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...
Barrett lingers awhile. He's not eager to relinquish the strange pleasure of sitting in the green chair, surrounded by the ever-diminishing offerings that had, just yesterday, been daily articles, wat...
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...
You don't have to matter any more than you do right now.
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...
One error at the beginning is quite likely just that.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
End of story. ‘Happily ever after’ fell on everyone like a guillotine’s blade.