Lines that leap off the page … ‘All of us, in some private room of our minds, still hope for more: for real fame, for a sudden visit from the muse of first-rate. But we have more or less (according to our age and character) given up expecting it.’ Real People, Alison Lurie
When a moment jumps off the page … ‘Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlaying our hard hearts.’ Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The bits of the book that jump off the page … ‘It is a miracle. I remind myself that I am on a tiny planet that is moving at an insane speed through a boundless universe, never tiring of its flight around the sun, and I think to myself: it’s crazy. That we exist at … Read more