“My mother and Alexis had said no more than ten words to each other. The long silences were deafening” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“I went into the kitchen. My mother joined us there, Margaret threw back three shots in a row. "Oh yes, to be… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“Early on July 2, 1911, my father left with Lambert Charibon for Anticosti Island. Shortly after supper on the same day, my… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“There’s a Russian proverb: To taste the ocean, all you need is one gulp.” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“These broadcasts were of varied content. But all of them took the United States and Canada to task for their anti-Semitism, for not being… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“When I returned, I never once walked past the house where my mother, aunt, and I lved together...It was as if the past would… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“I can only repeat what I say to myself day and night: I expect nothing, yet life keeps taking unexpected turns.” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“My mother and Alexis had said no more than ten words to each other. The long silences were deafening” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“Friendship is provisional, you have to keep earning it, back and forth, give the gift that's only each other's to give” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“I went into the kitchen. My mother joined us there, Margaret threw back three shots in a row. "Oh yes, to be sure, Margaret… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“When thinking harshly on the human condition, as I so often do, my antidote is to think gently on libraries, for if human beings… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“Early on July 2, 1911, my father left with Lambert Charibon for Anticosti Island. Shortly after supper on the same day, my mother took… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“What good is intelligence,' Akutagawa asked, 'if you can't ever discover a useful melancholy?” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
