Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable. "Falling in love," characteristically, combs the appearances of the word, and of the particular lover's history, out of a random tangle and into a coherent plot.


Possession (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307819567

A. S. Byatt Quotes

Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable....

Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable....

Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable....

Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable....