"An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Toschesâ€™ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness."

-- Hubert Selby, Jr.

#Heart Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Vastness Quotes

“I know that's really horrible, but that's how I do it in my head. I'm going to die. It doesn't matter. I don't matter. I'm a grain of sand. As a grain of sand, I may as well go out and relate to people and enjoy my short time on this planet that I have. Who knows what's coming next?”
“I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.”
“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
“In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness; we are each the uncompanioned hermit and recluse of an hour or a day; we understand our fellows of the cell to whatever age of history they may belong.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2016). “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, p.72, Sarah Orne Jewett
“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.”
“Human memory is short and terribly fickle.”
“Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.”
“The best aid to give is intellectual aid, a gift of useful knowledge. A gift of knowledge is infinitely preferable to a gift of material things.”

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