“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
“But mainly, he hates that he didn’t get there in time to save you.”… “He did save me.” My voice sounds inept. Jack shakes his head, gently. “No love, not in the way he wishes.”
“On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters.”
“Nothing can shake my belief that this world is the fruit of a dark god whose shadow I extend.”
“Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to see. And you become less than it. You become something disgusting.”
“Men grant and withdraw their love according to their whims, but fear is a hand that rests on their shoulders in a way they can never shake.”