“…when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.”
“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach — that it makes no sense.”
“Home, whether it be structure or familiar ground, is, finally, the identity that does not fade.”
“It’s a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.” Amy Tan
The Elegance of the Hedge-blog
“This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire…”
Brown Baggers 2013 Selections
The Cervantes Prize or Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes