

“Things went somehow so good that were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star

“fresh reading … as if the sap of life ran in
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read

“It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“A face as stiff as a boulder, stiff with boredom—
that’s the face of an adult.
Adults don’t think about the ocean
even when they watch it.
Their minds are full of other things.
It’s very depressing to think
that someday I, too, will be an adult”
― b, Book, and Me
that’s the face of an adult.
Adults don’t think about the ocean
even when they watch it.
Their minds are full of other things.
It’s very depressing to think
that someday I, too, will be an adult”
― b, Book, and Me

“Anyone who lives knows even without knowing that he or she knows. So dear reader,you know more than imagine however much you may deny it.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star

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