Author: Colin Thubron

Cites

• Lord Alfred Tennyson (1)
  • IN: A Cruel Madness (1984) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: And most of all would I flee from the cruel madness of love -- The honey of poison-flowers and all the measureless ill
    FROM: Maud, (1855), Poem, UK
• Adam Phillips (1)
  • IN: Night of Fire (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Just as there are phantom limbs there are phantom histories, histories that are severed and discarded, but linger on as thwarted possibilities and compelling nostalgias.
    FROM: On Balance, (2010), Book, US
• Kathleen Raine (1)
  • IN: The Hills of Adonis (1968) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Some worship her as queen of angels, Venus of the sea, House of gold, palace of ivory, Gate of heaven and rose of mystery, Inviolate and ever-virgin earth, Daughter of time and mother of eternity.
    FROM: The Goddess, (1946), Poem, UK

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• Madeleine Thien (1)
  • IN: Do Not Say We Have Nothing (2016) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Of all the scenes that crowded the cave walls, the richest and most intricate were those of paradise.
    FROM: Shadow of the Silk Road, (2006), Book, UK