![]() ![]() ![]() More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become ![]() Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. ― Lidia Yuknavitch, quote from The Chronology of WaterīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me.” But there is a line of hers that keeps me well: Arrange whatever pieces come your way. I reach down below my desk and pull up a bottle of scotch. In front of you, just the ordinary day, which is of course your entire life. She will put her arm in yours and gaze out. With Virginia Woolf there will perhaps be a long walk in a garden or along a shore, perhaps a walk that will last all day. The lines that are left … they are awake and growling. Make word war and have it out and settle it, scattering old meanings like hacked to pieces paper doll confetti. Go ahead-with Anne Carson - rebuild the wreckage of a life a word at a time, ignoring grammar and the forms that keep culture humming. ![]() When you need to feel the ground of your life and the heart of the world, there will be a bonfire at the edge of a canyon under a night sky where Joy Harjo will sing your bonesong. Rock back and forth, and drink the dark, and bask in the wallow of women knowing what women know. Laugh the dark laughter in the dark light. With Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath drink at the bar. “Leslie Marmon Silko whispers the story is long. ![]()
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