More from Alice Borchardt

  1. He said truth has a taste, and this had the taste of truth. A wolf would put it that way, but I agree it does. Some things just don't hang …
  2. He was conscious that something in [his] personality bolstered his confidence and allowed him to rest, to seek peace and find it. He never …
  3. At worst, they were vile creatures who needed to be wiped from the face of the earth. At best, such behavior shows a dangerous lack of self…
  4. Remember this central truth. Your enemy is there because he, too, has weighed the consequences of failure and accepts them. Play always to …
  5. For what is a flower but life's expressed passion for itself. Sudden and brief, but certain and eternal at the same time
  6. Thats the trouble. all i wanted was a tumble in the hay. oh, boy, i said. ill bet that cute thing is fun and games. what he doesnt know abo…
  7. God, to breathe. Air. You don't know what it means until you cannot take a breath
  8. He was, she thought, as beautiful as a young god, lying on his side among the grass and flowers

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