What did Harold Brodkey mean by: Death is not soft-mouthed, vague-footed, nearby. It is in the hall. Harold Brodkey Copy
I am startled when people are themselves and are not my thoughts of them. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Authenticity, Identity, Perception, 0 Harold Brodkey
My protagonists are my mother’s voice and the mind I had when I was thirteen. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Adolescence, Identity, Motherhood, 0 Harold Brodkey
You really can’t write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Knowledge, Reading, Writing, 0 Harold Brodkey
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death is the next step after the pension-it’s perpetual retirement without pay. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
