To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes passionate reserve secretive
In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. Gwen John distortmeanpeople Change image and share on social
When I was a child, I used to cry all the time. Gwen John childcrytime Change image and share on social
I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it. Evan Davis bigbitegay Change image and share on social
I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton. Ayelet Waldman badgebellyboyle share on social
Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history. Mal Peet beliefconnectdidacticism Change image and share on social