"Sex can no longer be the germ, the seed of fiction. Sex is an episode, most properly conveyed in an episodic manner, quickly, often ironically. It is a bursting forth of only one of the cells in the body of the omnipotent I, the one who hopes by concentration of tone and voice to utter the sound of reality."

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Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (2011). “Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature”, p.205, New York Review of Books

Elizabeth Hardwick

#Sex Quotes #Reality Quotes #Cells Quotes

“The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn't change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.”
“People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.”
“Each bird must sing with his own throat.”
“I feel like with our shows it always feels weird to be performers on stage and not engaging in audience interaction in some way - that exchange of energy is very much a part of the sound.”
“Courts of equity have always considered it of the greatest possible importance that parties should not sleep on their rights.”
“You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.”
“I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.”
“The bowl landed, in glorious perfection, atop the head of Mrs Barnaclegoose, who was not the kind of woman to appreciate the finer points of being crowned by trifle.”

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