“You know the one about the old man whose grandson is getting married? Just before the wedding, he calls the boy in for a chat. “My child,” he says, “I want you to know that all marriages go through phases.… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“If we just had some time to ourselves, we could talk to each other the way we used to. Maybe about nothing in particular… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Each piano is unique. Each feels different beneath your hand and yields a new geography of sound. Each room or hall accepts that sound in a completely different way, and if, within that room or hall, the piano is moved, the sound will change, as it will if the hall is full of people in thick winter coats, or half… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share
“For art is about desire, is it not, and never its consummation?” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“You know the one about the old man whose grandson is getting married? Just before the wedding, he calls the boy in for a… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Infatuation is the inciting incident. Maybe it goes somewhere, maybe it doesn't, but you can't have a story without it. Love is the story… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Religion in this country is worse than communism. Say the wrong thing, think the wrong thing and, look--there's the Stasi knocking at your door.” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“One cannot exchange ideas with a rational person any more than one can argue with a religious fanatic.” — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
“Who else but a lover retains the ability to wound the other person with such passion, such precision? And who else but that lover… — A. Manette Ansay Copy Share Image
