Author: Peter Rock

Cites

• Yukio Mishima (1)
  • IN: The Bewildered (2005) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: They created in a single night a new situation and now it appeared to bewilder them. For the moment, their bewilderment was their only etiquette.
    FROM: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, (1963), Novel, Japan
• Henry David Thoreau (1)
  • IN: My Abandonment (2008) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woords, and still sustain themselves in the neighborhood of towns, suspected by hunters only.
    FROM: Walden, (1854), Book, US
• Opal Whiteley (1)
  • IN: My Abandonment (2008) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Very soon after, I saw a little snake. He was crawling along. When I see snakes, I like to stop and watch. The dresses they wear fit them tight -- they can't fluff out their clothes like birds can. But snakes are quick people. They move in such a pretty way. Their eyes are bright, and their tongues are slim.
    FROM: The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow, (1986), Book, US
• Charles Reznikoff (1)
  • IN: The Ambidextrist (2004) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It has been raining for three days. The faces of the giants on the billboards still smile.
    FROM: "Rainy Season" from Autobiography: Hollywood, (1941), Poem, US