“I wish I had no history to report. I've pretended for so long that my childhood did not happen. I had to keep it tight, up near the chest. I could not let it out.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“Specifically, artists and the powerful have the ability to turn ordinary lives into dreams.”
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“It has always been difficult for me to face the truth about my childhood because it requires a commitment to explore the lineaments and features of a history I would prefer to forget. For years I did not have to face the demonology of my youth; I made a simple choice not to and found solace in the gentle palmistry of forgetfulness, a refuge in the cold, lordly glooms of the unconscious. But I was drawn back to the history of my family and the failures of my own adult life”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“I did not understand that one future comes at the exclusion of all others.
Everybody pretends that you die only once. But that’s not true. You can die a thousand possible futures in the course of a single, stupid life.”
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
Everybody pretends that you die only once. But that’s not true. You can die a thousand possible futures in the course of a single, stupid life.”
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
“Sometimes the body is a weight pulling you the way down. And it's hard to love the stone that drowns you.”
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
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