So imagine a fire going — wood snapping the way it does when it's a little green — the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains — and one of those Chopin melodies that feel like sorrow and ecstasy all mixed together pouring from the keys — and you have my idea of happiness. Or just reading, reading and lamplight, the sound of pages turning. And so you dare to be happy. You do that thing. You dare.


The King in the Tree (ed. Vintage, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307428806

Steven Millhauser Quotes

So imagine a fire going — wood snapping the way it does when it's a little green — the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains — and one...

So imagine a fire going — wood snapping the way it does when it's a little green — the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains — and one...

So imagine a fire going — wood snapping the way it does when it's a little green — the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains — and one...

So imagine a fire going — wood snapping the way it does when it's a little green — the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains — and one...