The God of Small Things

This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. 

~Arundhati Roy

The Camberwell Beauty

For some reason I kept the teapot I had bought in Salisbury to remind me of wasted time. In its humble way it was pretty. 

~V.S. Pritchett

Chocolate Tea

Long after he had gone and the mauby had dripped and dried on her chin, she remained on that spot, trying to put a name to the part of her that had dribbled away beneath the floorboards. 

~Gaylene Gould

My Poets

It's only humans as far as we know who can use words to get bodies together. 

~Maureen McLane

Elements of Style

Language is a physical act--something that 

involves yr whole bod. 

Write with yr whole bod. 

Read with yr whole bod. 

Wake up. 

~Suzan-Lori Parks

The Site of Memory

"Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be. All the water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Writers are like that.

~Toni Morrison

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On dead branches crowd remain perched at autumn's end

~Matsuo Bashō