Inta

“Women were like that, he thought, when they wanted something they didn’t care, they didn’t ask, they just went off and did it, and then they felt deeply disappointed when other people didn’t share their excitement.”
― Carola Saavedra, Blue Flowers

“Nothing changes everything.”
― Jonathan Marcus, Everything is Happening at Once: A Memoir

“He said, aloud, 'The external world is the world of shadows. It throws its shadows into the kingdom of light. How different they will appear when this darkness is gone and the shadow-body has passed away. The universe, after all, is within us. The way leads inward, always inwards.”
― Penelope Fitzgerald, The Blue Flower

“I think about your face when I used to ask you a question, any old bit of nonsense. Your face would be tense, apprehensive, at the pointlessness of my questions. You never realized that I was asking without expecting any answer, just out of a simple need to confirm that you were there with me, my hand seeking yours, seeking any affection, any tenderness for me on your part.”
― Carola Saavedra, Blue Flowers