“it’s that it was so much lighter”

7 07 2010

“We danced something out, god knows what, but I was earnest, earnest, wanting out and up so badly. All this weight we get in time. It isn’t that childhood was any better, it’s that it was so much lighter.”

From High Lonesome, by Barry Hannah (p. 71, from the short story “Carriba”)





“it is a thief so quiet”

22 06 2010

“Whoever you are, be that person with all your might. Time goes by faster than we thought. It is a thief so quiet. You must let yourself be loved and you must love, parts of you that never loved must open and love. You must announce yourself in all particulars so you can have yourself.”

From High Lonesome, by Barry Hannah (p. 35, from the first short story in the collection)








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