Siri Hustvedt Quote

True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded.


The Shaking Woman; or, A History of My Nerves (2010)


True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they...

True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they...

True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they...

True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they...