by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Apr 16, 2022 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads
I cling to the rail, suspended between the dazzle of sea and unbroken blue sky. The boat turned and there it was! Hey presto, the sudden flourish, conjured from bare rock by the gods and lit by the sun. A theatre for dreamers. The trick worked every time. The white...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Apr 16, 2022 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads
I sat on the log watching the log fade, the river holding the soft glow of the sky. There were five Burramattagal children picking their way along a slip of sand, each child’s long thin legs straightening and jointing, straightening and jointing, legs made for walking...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Apr 16, 2022 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads
Here, indeed, was a formidable sentence – one that was on intimate terms with the comma, and that held the period in healthy disregard.
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Apr 16, 2022 | Classics, Collected Quotes
Quote 1: En plein midi, l’air qui flottait sur la plaine devenait aussi animé qu’une flamme, il étincelait, il ondoyait, il ruisselait comme l’eau, il réfléchissait et multipliait tous les objets pour créer des mirages gigantesques. A cette altitude, on respirait sans...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Apr 16, 2022 | Classics, Collected Quotes
… Regardez le jour à travers cette haie surprenante d’aiguilles, de tours et de clochers…détachez nettement sur un horizon d’azur le profil gothique de ce vieux Paris, faites-en flotter le contour dans une brume d’hiver qui s’accroche à ses nombreuses cheminées,...
