History unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled.
Penelope LivelyI've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence.
Penelope LivelyIt seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.
Penelope LivelyYou have this comet trail of your own lived life, sparks from which arrive in the head all the time, whether you want them or not - life has been lived but it is still all going on, in the mind for better and for worse.
Penelope Lively