Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 123
“Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life.”
Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) South african Nobel-winning writer
As quoted at ContemporaryWriters.com http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth03D25I553012635618
Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
Source: The Kite Runner
“Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually”
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
Castles Made Of Sand
Song lyrics, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
David Levithan book Every Day
Variant: It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.
Source: Every Day
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 59
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Durmo e desdurmo.
Do outro lado de mim, lá para trás de onde jazo, o silêncio da casa toca no infinito. Oiço cair o tempo, gota a gota, e nenhuma gota que cai se ouve cair.
“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
