Impending death had a way of unexpectedly unearthing the past so that it came together with the present in an unholy coupling.
Abraham VergheseHow we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.
Abraham VergheseHe had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him...
Abraham VergheseLove so strong, without ebb and flow or crests and troughs, indeed lacking any sort of motion so that it had become invisible to him these seven years, part of the order of things outside his head which he had taken for granted.
Abraham VergheseShe had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
Abraham VergheseI am forced to render some order to the events of my life, to say it began here, and then because of this, that happened, and this is how the end connects to the beginning, and so here I am.
Abraham VergheseIgnorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
Abraham VergheseWhat we are fighting isn't godlessness--this is the most godly country on earth. We aren't even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines... that helps. When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
Abraham VergheseAll possibilities resided within me, and they required me to be here. If I left, what would be left of me?
Abraham VergheseWhen he recalls it in later years, he will wonder if he is distorting it, embellishing it, because each time he consciously recalls her, that forms a new memory, a new imprint to be stacked on top of the previous one. He fears that too much handling will make it crumble.
Abraham VergheseStichwörter: memory
« erste vorherige
Seite 7 von 16.
nächste letzte »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.