Matthew Blake > Quotes

“The past is fertile ground for novelists, historians and poets. But not for people trying to move on with their”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“She was a barrier to my own mortality. While Bloom lived, death was a distant prospect. Now she’s gone I realise just how vulnerable I am.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“Loneliness is my new normal. I've allowed my life to shrivel to work, chores, routine, telescoped further since the separation.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“My dream was always more contained: a happy marriage, contented children, a small unit of domestic bliss that compensated for the turbulence of the outside world. A tribe.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“We both know how dangerous dreams can be.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“Sleep is the one universal, the night as constant as the day.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“she thinks her way through life, her gift and curse”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“Youth only glows from a distance.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“Human beings can endure so much pain but no more. At some point the body and the mind hibernate, protecting themselves. It is called resignation syndrome for a reason.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

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― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“past is fertile ground for novelists, historians and poets. But not for people trying to move on with their lives.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“The right words in the right order can confer immortality. They turn flesh-and-blood people into literary Olympians. Words are an elixir.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O

“So many disorders of the mind can be traced back to the primordial forest. It is why it is such a unique symbol in fairy tales and myths. Leaving home and entering the Forest is a metaphor for shedding the comforts and traumas of childhood and entering the wilderness of adulthood.”
― Matthew Blake, Anna O