Lydia Davis Quote

The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is like madness: a mad person not helped out of his trouble by anything real begins to trust what is not real because it helps him and he needs it because real things continue not to help him.


Story and Other Stories (ed. Figures, 1983) - ISBN: 9780935724172


The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is...

The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is...

The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is...

The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is...