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Olivia Laing quotes: Outside the window, people threw dinner parties.

Outside the window, people threw dinner parties.

Olivia Laing quotes: When it hurts,' wrote the Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz, 'we return to the banks of certain rivers,

When it hurts,' wrote the Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz, 'we return to the banks of certain rivers,

Olivia Laing quotes: Loneliness grows around them, like mould or fur, a prophylactic that inhibits contact, no matter how badly contact is desired.

Loneliness grows around them, like mould or fur, a prophylactic that inhibits contact, no matter how badly contact is desired.

Olivia Laing quotes: There is no possibility of permanent tenancy on this circling planet. It isn't part of the deal.

There is no possibility of permanent tenancy on this circling planet. It isn't part of the deal.

Olivia Laing quotes: There are sights too beautiful to swallow. They stay on the rim of the eye; it cannot contain them.

There are sights too beautiful to swallow. They stay on the rim of the eye; it cannot contain them.

Physically, Echo Spring is nothing more than a nickname for a liquor cabinet, drawn from the brand of bourbon it contains.

Olivia Laing quotes: For the present when backed by the past is a thousand times deeper than the present when it presses so close that you can feel nothing else

For the present when backed by the past is a thousand times deeper than the present when it presses so close that you can feel nothing else

Olivia Laing quotes: Had trouble again with twine. Mad enough to wish I was a bad tornado. Swore at God.' 18

Had trouble again with twine. Mad enough to wish I was a bad tornado. Swore at God.' 18

Olivia Laing quotes: They'd even met, he recommended him to his own editor at Scribner, Max Perkins, suggesting Max sign up this promising young

They'd even met, he recommended him to his own editor at Scribner, Max Perkins, suggesting Max sign up this promising young

Olivia Laing quotes: There are kinds of solitude that provide a respite from loneliness, a holiday if not a cure.

There are kinds of solitude that provide a respite from loneliness, a holiday if not a cure.

Olivia Laing quotes: Why do you put yourself in unsafe places? Because something in you feels fundamentally devoid of worth.

Why do you put yourself in unsafe places? Because something in you feels fundamentally devoid of worth.

Olivia Laing quotes: You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people.

You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people.