I've always thought of wholeness and integration as necessary myths. We're gragmented beings who cement ourselves together, but there are always cracks. Living with the cracks is part of being, well, reasonably healthy.
Siri HustvedtOur memory fragments don't have any coherence until they're imagined in words. Time is a property of language, of syntax, and tense.
Siri HustvedtIt is fascinating to me that when the lists of the great writers are trotted out year after year, you often find lists without a single woman mentioned.
Siri HustvedtThere is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help.
Siri Hustvedt