Quotes from Joan Silber

It was one of the mysteries of modern life, what happened to old love.

Nobody talked as much as Kiki did about the possibility of fairness.

There was more to be said for the power of regret than was often said.

he was in a museum of immaculate dust - and nothing was exactly gone

She understood very well that when you took a good look under a clear, hard light, the world was a fucked-up hellhole. Most people knew this, she'd known this, but nobody wanted to think about it all the time. It didn't pay to forget for too long.

Get over yourself - You're not the only pebble on the beach.' 'Understand that life itself (and emotions) are impermanent.