“I don't trust them but I'm learning to use them.”
Source: Diving Into the Wreck
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Adrienne Rich 51
American poet, essayist and feminist 1929–2012Related quotes
“let me
have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning
please don't hide them just because of tears”
Song lyrics, Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Trouble Me
“Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.”
On the Germans, to Woodrow Wyatt (16 November 1991), as quoted in The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt: Volume Two (2000) by Woodrow Wyatt, p. 608
"The Independent," (St. Petersburg, Florida, July 8, 1948)
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Interview in 3 A.M Magazine (2002) http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2002_sep/interview_michel_faber.html
Context: Trust is absolutely precious, and its betrayal horrifies me. I do want readers to trust me. And yet I don't want to offer them a safe, predictable ride. The literary scene seems to be divided between "trustworthy" authors who give their fans a Big Mac that's totally unchallenging, and more ambitious authors who treat their readers with high-handed indifference. I want to earn the reader's trust while remaining unpredictable. I take the reader to some dark and emotionally uncomfortable places but never just for the sake of it. And I do care about how you're feeling on your journey. Many people have remarked on how readable and engaging they found The Crimson Petal despite its great length. That wasn't accidental. I thought very carefully about how to keep the reader intimate and awake.
“That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.”
Source: If You Could See Me Now