He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Jean Stafford

Categorized in : Always Me He Done

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.

picture hanging small silence

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.

need rest intellect time

You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing.

best me you hope

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.

high feel irony morality

I am growing meaner by the hour.

hour am i-am growing

For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.

my-life me life knowledge

For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.

practical purposes left home