“She leaves parts of herself unnamed and unexamined, and then he will name them, and she will see herself clearly in his… — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“She just wants to build a garden and water it and have everything grow and everything stay alive and she does not… — Gabriel Tallent Gardening Copy Share Image
“He has a way of watching her that makes her feel as if she is the most important thing in the world.” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“the lattice of bones, the grooved condyles like volute woodwork,” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“she is a person like him, but she is not him, nor is she just a part of him” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“I told him how we were washed out to sea and how it was like making furious love to a clash of… — Gabriel Tallent Broken glass Copy Share Image
“I want to survive this. She is surprised by the depth and clarity of her desire.” — Gabriel Tallent Desire Copy Share Image
“At his best, we are more than all right. At his best he rises above all of it and he is more… — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“Dude, with your voice you are like, 'Look at all these books I've read,' but with your eyes you are like, 'Help… — Gabriel Tallent Books Copy Share Image
“domestic competence utterly alien to her, a kind of miracle. He is saying, “I am in love with George Eliot! My god!… — Gabriel Tallent Love Copy Share Image
“You are supposed to come to the door and believe that hell awaits just on the other side, believe that this house… — Gabriel Tallent Worst fear Copy Share Image
“Hold tight to the world and do not let go and do not fuck this up.” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“She needs to get up and go home. She knows it, but she just doesn’t go” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“The time will come when your soul must be absolute with your conviction, and whatever your spread, and howsoever fast you are,… — Gabriel Tallent Faith Copy Share Image
“It will go badly for me, but the hell. I am a girl things go badly for” — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, and accept your life as a state of grace, and then… — Gabriel Tallent Death Copy Share Image
