In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to fulfillment. For the body without which the wing is a useless frozen ornament. ("A Short Guide To The City")


Interior Darkness: Selected Stories (ed. Doubleday, 2016) - ISBN: 9780385541060

Peter Straub Quotes

In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to ...

In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to ...

In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to ...

In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to ...