“Hope had stolen into his life just as he was growing comfortable with despair.”
― David Leavitt, quote from The Lost Language of Cranes
“Cautiously his foot explored, wiggled as it could, and finally felt warm flesh under the pants leg.”
― David Leavitt, quote from The Lost Language of Cranes
“Sometimes I think you are doomed to happiness”
― David Leavitt, quote from The Lost Language of Cranes
“She looked toward the window, smiling away her life”
― David Leavitt, quote from The Lost Language of Cranes
“Philip understood that there were people in the world like Eliot for whom love and sex came easy, without active solicitation, like a strong wind to which they had only to turn their faces and it would blow over them. He also understood that he was not one of those people. Instead, he seemed always to be eking out signals, interpreting glances, trying to extract some knowledge of another person's feelings from the most trivial conversations. Nothing came easy for him, and more often than not, nothing came of any of his efforts.”
― David Leavitt, quote from The Lost Language of Cranes
David Leavitt
Born place: in Pittsburgh, The United States
Born date June 23, 1961
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“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
― J.K. Rowling, quote from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.”
― Franz Kafka, quote from The Metamorphosis
“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, quote from The Name of the Wind
“Then why do you want to know?"
"Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”
― Umberto Eco, quote from The Name of the Rose
“It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, quote from The Scarlet Letter
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