Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided i... - Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men
"Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping."
"Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping."
"The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious."
"Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life."
"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase."