Marushka

Blame Writers, It’s Safer Than Blaming the Dragons

I blame dragons and writers because, in my experience, they’re usually where the trouble starts.

If you give me your words I’ll make them a galaxy.

Good distractions, contrary to common opinion, don’t happen every day.

The rustling on either side could be anything.

Sometimes a phrase shows up in your brain and refuses to leave.

You’re invited to – what else? – your life.

Insurance is not a poetic thing, but it gives life or death, as surely as the Universe: a great deal smaller, though not less complex.

I don’t know the name, but I know it lies closest to your heart.

I’ll tell you a secret about happy endings.

Jorge Luis Borges is unique, in my mind, as the author of the most compelling books never written.