If life was an arc of light that began in darkness, ended in darkness, the first part of his life had happened in ordinary glare. Here it was as though he had found a polarized lens that deepened and intensified all seen through it.
Annie ProulxIt is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.
Annie ProulxIf a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.
Annie Proulx