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Bluets quotes

“114. But now think of the Dutch expression: "Dat zin maar blauwe bloempjes" - “Those are nothing but blue flowers." In which case "blue flowers" means a pack of bald-faced lies.” - from Bluets by Maggie Nelson.

It's an odd little book, which is part of it's charm. She's personal, confessional, literary, historical. 

"You cannot step into the same river twice" heartening anthem, without a doubt. But really this is but one version of the fragment left behind by Heraclitus, who was justly nicknamed "The Riddler" or "The Obscure." Other versions: "On those stepping into rivers staying the same other and other waters flow"; "We step and do not step into the same river; we are and we are not"; "You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet others, go flowing on." It seems that something is staying the same here, but what?" (p. 80).
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