“But can I say, now that she is dead, long dead that I only half believed in her. I wanted, I needed her to revolt. I know, revolutions take vast energy like volcanic eruptions. I know. And the sick must… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“My mother, toward the end, had said to me, but with a sweet smile, "Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“We're not the madwomen in the attic – they get lots of play, one way or another. We're the quiet woman at the end… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“But can I say, now that she is dead, long dead that I only half believed in her. I wanted, I needed her to… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“...that cheery, flimsy distraction from Death; or in a pinch Law & Order , because on some station or other, at any time of… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“I'm angry enough to set fire to a house just by looking at it...I'm angry enough, at last, to stop being afraid of life,… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“I was so happy it was like a food, like I'd been stuffed with it, a foie gras goose of happiness; happy enough to… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
“...its treasures, as I love them, are imprinted in my memory; and if they are wrongly memorized--a lily where there are tulips, the boy's… — Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs Copy Share Image
