"Years bleach away the sense of things until all that's left is a bone-white past, stripped of feeling and significance."

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Source : M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.398, Simon and Schuster

M. L. Stedman

#Past Quotes #Years Quotes #White Quotes

“I came like Water, and like Wind I go.”

Source : Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.149, University of Virginia Press
“While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.”
“Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?”
“But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work.”
“The one I spend the most amount of time in is a Ford Galaxy, which my tour manager drives me around in and which I drive at the weekends. What I love about the Galaxy is the amount of space I get. I can get so much done in the back of it while we're on the road, it's like my mobile office! I've also got a Ford B-Max, which I'm a total evangelist about. It's got rear doors that slide. Now, I can't park, so those are the best things ever. You can park right up against a tree and still get out!”
“You can't get angry with a horse. They will get angry and frisky with you.”
“I don't need designer things. And YOU are designer, Rush.”
“I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.”

Source : "Helen Oyeyemi: 'I'm interested in the way women disappoint one another'". Interview with Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2014.

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