Quotation

Almost There

the Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman
"I called my novel 'My Dream of You,' which is a phrase with multiple resonances in a poem by Montale. But I meant something quite simple by it. There are love objects we simply dream up. They are not real people to us; they are the embodiment of a dream. We unleash both want and need onto them, and while we're dreaming, we believe that they can fill up the bottomless pit where want and need are endlessly renewed." (p. 94)