9 quotes found
“Some secrets are like fossils and the stone has become too heavy to turn over.”
“No prince, no success filled her dreams: only time spread out before her to spend as she chose, a time of contemplation which offered her refuge.”
“In books there are chapters to separate out the moments, to show that time is going by and things are changing, and sometimes the parts even have titles that are full of promise'The Meeting', 'Hope...”
“Now I know without a shadow of doubt that you can't chase away those images, let alone the visible holes that burrow deep down inside. You can't chase away the reverberations or the memories that s...”
“Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that its sometimes invisible to the naked eye. Theres...”
“But I cant manage to grow up and change shape. Im still tiny, and staying that way, perhaps because I know the secret that everyone pretends to be unaware of, perhaps because I know that deep down ...”
“People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links t...”
“I don't go after him. He's a funny sort of boy. I've known that from the start. Not just because he seems angry and contemptuous or the way he walks like a tough guy. Because of his smile - it's a ...”
“But I can’t manage to grow up and change shape. I’m still tiny, and staying that way, perhaps because I know the secret that everyone pretends to be unaware of, perhaps because I know that deep dow...”
