Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world. — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do? — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like… — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible. — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
“I believe solitude to be not only the unavoidable human condition but also the sensible human preference." ― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and… — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
“Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?” — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
