“And even though the mountain did nothing the mountain was not impervious to the storm and in fact dreaded its retreat and longed for it always to come back, and to come back again.” — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“One sets off to investigate you see, to develop the facility to really notice things so that, over time, and with enough practice, one… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“My absence would hardly be conspicuous anyway since it was going to be a big day in many places that day due to the… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“I drink to plough and fortify a one-track mind and suddenly, briefly, the blood surrenders, shuffles through the old channels, and there is no… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“Quite often I'm terribly disappointed by how things turn out, but it's usually my own fault for the simple reason that I'm too quick… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“None of that has anything to do with now by the way. Despite how promising I seem to have made the encounter with the… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“I rarely acquire any enthusiasm for the opposite sex outside of being drunk.” — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“Everybody knows deep down that life is as much about the things that do not happen as the things that do and that’s not… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“The hopelessness of everything I was trying to occupy myself with was at last glaringly crystal clear. But” — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I want children to fall into the pond per se, though I can’t really see what harm it would do them;… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“The desire to come apart irrevocably will always be as strong as, if not stronger than, the drive to establish oneself.” — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
“Out beyond and way back and further past that still. And such was it since. But after all appearances and some afternoons misspent it… — Claire-Louise Bennett Copy Share Image
