Prying out a stump reminded him of how deeply a tree clung to the ground, how tenacious a hold it had on a place. Though he was not a sentimental man - he did not cry when his children died, he simply...
Had come to London for a reason, not to enjoy anonymity and solitude whilst eyeing the wider horizon.
Años de acarrear el agua, retorcer la colada, fregar los suelos, vaciar los orinales, sin que la belleza o el color o la luz entraran en mi vida, se extendían ante mí como una paisaje llano en el que...
Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.
Elle se sentait tellement déconcertée par la contradiction existant entre ce qu'elle pensait et ce qu'on espérait d'elle qu'elle était incapable de parler. Peut-être valait-il mieux qu'elle se taise,...
Not of this world,
Evet,yaşam bir aldatmaca. Eğer yeteri kadar uzun yaşarsan, hiç bir şeyin şaşırtıcı olmadığını öğreniyorsun.
Funny, I didn't think much about apples fore we came to the Black Swamp. when I was growin up we had an orchard like everybody else but I didn't pay it no attention cept when the blossom was out in Ma...
My mommy told meIf I was goodyThat she would buy meA rubber dollyMy sister told herI kissed a soldierNow she won't buy meThat rubber dollyNow I am deadAnd in my grave
He had decided to trust me.
Oh, I was lucky, you know, to get anyone. I was what they called an old bride of twenty-six. Of course I married him. Everyone needs to keep something private from their family.Like a shutter in a rai...
Paintings may serve a spiritual purpose for Catholics, but remember too that Protestants see God everywhere, in everything. By painting everyday things—tables and chairs, bowls and pitchers, soldiers...
In the cartoon of Sight. It
My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days rai...
There is a difference between Catholic and Protestant attitudes to painting, he explained as he worked, but it is not necessarily as great as you may think. Paintings may serve a spiritual purpose for...
I feel like a bird who has been wounded with an arrow and now cannot fly.
The second he was gone the women began chattering like chickens at the sight of a fox.
I find that when I come out of the library I’m in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
I had always thought of the sea as a boundary keeping me in my place on land. Now, though, it became an opening.
What made him most attractive was that he was attracted to her. Another’s interest can be a powerful stimulant. She could feel his eyes on her as an almost physical pressure.
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