Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin leather exterior, in various shades of pink, yellow and brown. The souls alone are real. Seen in this way, there can never be any such thing as social unease or shyness or embarrassment. All you need do is greet your fellow soul.
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events - Michel Faber
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events
- Michel Faber
History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women. - Michel Faber
History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le… - Michel Faber
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le…
Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment. - Michel Faber
Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi… - Michel Faber
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi…
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them. - Michel Faber
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti… - Michel Faber
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti…
Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty. - Michel Faber
Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.
I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed. - Michel Faber
I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.
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