"I will turn human anatomy into roses and stars and sea. I will dissect the beloveds body in metaphor."

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Source : Siri Hustvedt (2011). “The Summer Without Men: A Novel”, p.84, Macmillan

Siri Hustvedt

#Stars Quotes #Sea Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.”
“It's never a good time, when you're the president of the United States and your own party is finding lots of different ways to distance themselves from you.”

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“Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high.”
“Music is everywhere. Itâ€™s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.”
“We wonder, what if we got rid of cash? After all, cash is what keeps terrorists, drug dealers and gun dealers in business.”
“I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me.”
“We store in memory only images of value. The value may be lost over the passage of time, but that's the implacable judgment of feeling.”
“A negative and toxic person never feels teased with the genuine presence of the pretenders in his network and he always feels pleased with the absence of the genuine leader in his circle.”

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