To hold happiness is to hold the understanding that the world passes away from us, that the petals fall and the beloved dies. No amount of mockery, no amount of fashionable scowling will keep any of us from knowing and savoring the pleasure of the sun on our faces or save us from the adult understanding that it cannot last forever.
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise. - Amy Bloom
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.
- Amy Bloom
Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened. - Amy Bloom
Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.
Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults. - Amy Bloom
Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. - Amy Bloom
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms. - Amy Bloom
Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.
Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are. - Amy Bloom
Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.
The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusi… - Amy Bloom
The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusi…
Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your… - Amy Bloom
Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your…
It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married: more hope, dete… - Amy Bloom
It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married: more hope, dete…
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