"No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document."

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Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Pitch Dark”, p.35, New York Review of Books

Renata Adler

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“Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.”
“Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.”
“If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.”
“I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person.”
“The wise man reads both books and life itself.”
“You must somehow understand that we as horsemen can do very little to teach the horse. What we can do is to create an environment in which he can learn.”
“I'm on Grace And Frankie, which is also about that time in life, I'm realizing. But I would - so I guess I am sort of in that show. But there's something about The Golden Girls and the sort of multicam set and Bea Arthur that I just want to be around those ladies all day long, and I want to be on those comfy couches and want to sit in that kitchen in those chairs in those pastels, and I want to wear Blanche's outfits and it's just really... and I want to sit outside in that weird little courtyard.”
“There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.”

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