Madness might sometimes give access to a kind of knowledge. But was not a guarantee.
Shirley HazzardA poet or novelist will invent interruptions to avoid long consecutive days at the ordained page; and of these the most pernicious are other kinds of writing -- articles, lectures, reviews, a wide correspondence.
Shirley HazzardMarriage is like democracy - it doesn't really work, but it's all we've been able to come up with.
Shirley HazzardItalians are never punctual; the café, the convenient place to wait, absolves them from that. There is no question of hanging about, no looking lost and unwanted or even disreputable, as there is in hotel lobbies or the foyers of restaurants. One just sits and enjoys the scene, and waits.
Shirley Hazzard