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#Wimbledon

Into the semis!

Loved watching João Fonseca play at Wimbledon. A new favorite.

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“The first time we went down to the beach I wondered if you'd ever seen the ocean before, or gone swimming, or walked on sand.”

—Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

#SundaySentence

Tulips

“And now, I thought I saw the same assessment in the eyes of the waiter, as he looked at me and then at the beautiful young man sitting opposite me.”

—Katie Kitamura, Audition

#SundaySentence

So excited to have a new short story in the wonderful @south85journal.bsky.social

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“Air was real thin and you could see all the way out across the pasture land. Frost was still well bit down on the stems, right close to the ground.”

—Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class

#SundaySentence

“In certain ways those similar days a year ago have more clarity for me, a sharper focus.”

—Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

#SundaySentence

“Yes, everything was the room; you could not step outside of it, not even by dying.”—Miranda July, All Fours

#SundaySentence

"What is a game?" Marx said. "It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever."

#SundaySentence (s)

Always love watching practice.

“So radiant was he to Ivy, she was amazed that everyone he passed didn’t look at him, struck by his beauty.”

—Susan Minot, Don’t Be a Stranger

#SundaySentence

“I’m a writer; I tell stories. Of course, really, I want to save lives. Or simply: I want to save life.”

#SundaySentence (s)

—Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

Feel so lucky to have seen Rafa on clay. This is Rome 2019, before the match, getting everything organized.