"I would give my entire output of words, past, present, and to come, in exchange for easier access to the world, for permission to state 'I hurt' or 'I hate' or 'I want'. Or, indeed, 'Look at me'. And I do not go back on this for once a thing is known it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. And writing is the enemy of forgetfulness, of thoughtlessness. For the writer there is no oblivion. Only endless memory."
Anita Brookner, in Look At Me [pg 84]
"For if one is serious, one is rarely a welcome guest. Everything must be converted, somehow, into entertainment."
Anita Brookner, in Look At Me [pg 165]
"What are we doing when we pay attention to the attention we pay to their hobby horses?."
Adam Phillips, in Attention Seeking [pg 88]
"Attention becomes the form and the medium of our desire, prompted by a felt lack of something. We attend to our felt absences."
Adam Phillips, in Attention Seeking [pg 88]
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