"Those people with wings keep them folded up, under their suits and dresses, but at the right moment, just when they need to fly, the wings unfurl and off they go. They never go down with the ship - they lift off at the very last moment. When everyone else is sinking into the sea, there they go, up into the clouds."
Skylight Confessions
Alice Hoffman
I adore magical realism. Whenever my mind becomes too tightly tethered, earth-bound and literal, I can always count on author Alice Hoffman to set it soaring again.
P.S. Yes - the picture is from Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," one of my favorite films.
2 comments:
Never heard of that movie. Was that the same guy that did Rambo?
Chris, Chris, Chris . . . you crack me up.
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