Musings

You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood

The spider’s web is a home and a trap.

There There, Tommy Orange

…he had answered “nothing”, that word we answer when we are thinking “everything”.

On Heroes and Tombs, Ernesto Sabato

Men carve meaning into women’s faces; messages addressed to other men.

The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker

… everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood