“ALL FAMILIES INVENT THEIR PARENTS AND CHILDREN, GIVE each of them a story, character, fate, and even a language.” — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“I suppose this is why I asked her to marry me: to give me something to be moored to. Perhaps this was… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“people can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
