the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
“We say that Amour vincit omnia but in truth love conquers nothing—certainly not death—certainly not chance.
What love does is to arm. It arms the worth of life in spite of life.”
— Archibald MacLeish, cited by Lucia Perillo in “Knowledge Game: Gulls,” I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature
What love does is to arm. It arms the worth of life in spite of life.”
— Archibald MacLeish, cited by Lucia Perillo in “Knowledge Game: Gulls,” I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature