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Patricia Duncker Quotes

You can say anything, anything, if it is beautifully said.

You can say anything, anything, if it is beautifully said.

Patricia Duncker
Say Anything, Said, Ifs
Patricia Duncker (1996). “Hallucinating Foucault”

You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.

Patricia Duncker
Writing, Firsts, Desperation
Patricia Duncker (2017). “Hallucinating Foucault”, p.72, Bloomsbury Publishing

Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive.

Patricia Duncker
Priceless, Expensive

The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.

Patricia Duncker
Love Is, Reader
Patricia Duncker (2017). “Hallucinating Foucault”, p.113, Bloomsbury Publishing

Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act of caring, of giving, the act of protecting the weak, the helpless, the imprisoned and the desperate. Love is the hand raised in defence. You cannot love and keep your hands clean.

Patricia Duncker
Children, Passion, Caring
Patricia Duncker (1999). “James Miranda Barry”

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