Alexandra Cook

“Whoever the gods of fortune are, they will drop things in your path, but if you search for those things you will not find them.”
― Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art

“As those who must worry about the livelihood of artists are fond of saying, “You cannot play ‘The Minute Waltz’ in less than a minute.” Worse (or perhaps better) you cannot write “The Minute Waltz” in less than … what? A day, a week, a year?—however long it takes. There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the rhythms of creative labor. When the worth of labor is expressed in terms of exchange value, therefore, creativity is automatically devalued every time there is an advance in the technology of work.”
― Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

“Because so much ... decayed sprang to life decayed sprang to life. The eye, mislead, did not know what was truly and forever dead. The eye did not know where to focus, could not tell what might next be ressurected.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Absolution

“You saw something that wasn't there." She wasn't going to let me off the hook.
You can't see what is there, I thought.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation