Top 16 William Hjortsberg Quotes
#2. The tomb lies at the end of every path. Only the soul is immortal. Guard this treasure well. Your decaying husk is but a temporary vessel on an endless voyage.
William Hjortsberg
#3. I like your eyes when you get mad," I said. "They glow like embers.
William Hjortsberg
#4. All along the avenue, cotton candy stands, fun houses, and games of chance were tightly shuttered, like clowns without makeup.
William Hjortsberg
#5. New York lies
far beyond these islands, this
labyrinth. There,
once you emptied a subway coach
by simply closing your eyes
and chanting a summons
to the mountain gods.
Maria Luisa B. Aguilar-Carino
#8. It seemed that balance was necessary. The old and the new needed to be combined, the traditions adapted. That was the way forward. Without balance change could not occur.
P.J. Whittlesea
#9. According to the calendar, it's spring. So why am I still freezing?
Because your blood has thinned over winter. It'll take a while before you're no longer a freeze-baby
Mary Ellis
#10. I would love someone to follow me around with a boom box so I could have a soundtrack to record my daily moments. That would be awesome! I also wouldn't complain if I had someone doing my hair - I have a hard time with my hair.
Analeigh Tipton
#11. That's one of those snapshot moments. I don't know why some memories are like that, where everything is perfectly preserved. Frozen.
Carol Rifka Brunt
#14. Her wavy, shoulder-length hair was the colour of polished mahogany.
William Hjortsberg
