“Can you create a vacuum out of a human life? A state where everything’s possible but nothing very likely? Does something new… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“daughter’s death had loosed something in Sara, a savage kind of grief that burned onto the canvas.” — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“The body thinks it’s real. That’s the problem of modern physics. How to convince our minds that they’re not our own.” — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“Love is not like choosing a partner for whist. It has a life of its own. our duty is merely to follow its call.” — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“She smiles into her drink, her breath smoking against the ice. He has never cheated on Rachel, not in fifteen years of marriage, but… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“unmarried women make good academics because they’ve been neutered by too much knowledge and bookish pleasure. The world hands them a tiny domain it… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“She wonders how he will get out of the easy chair in a way that’s remotely graceful. He’ll stand to top up her wine,… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“Can you create a vacuum out of a human life? A state where everything’s possible but nothing very likely? Does something new emerge when… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“The forger was too exacting, too superficial. Only the real artist has the false beginning.” — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity.” — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
“But what can be learned from trivia? A history of inventions reveals we made the gun silencer (1908) before air conditioning (1911), the kaleidoscope… — Dominic Smith Copy Share Image
