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“He liked to tell me that I was the source of my own misery, that I was choosing to believe that my life was limited, boring. He explained that everything was possible, and moreover, everything—every thing and scenario—existed in infinite versions throughout the galaxies and beyond. I knew it was a childish belief, but I had adopted it anyway. Imagining infinite realities made whatever nuisance I had to withstand more tolerable. I was more than myself.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“An overconfident sleuth could misinterpret evidence. She might only see the clues that would lead her to the solution she’d first had in mind. And I wanted to be surprised by what I discovered.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“A handsome man must be terribly cruel to generate such discomfort in the people around him.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“We are resilient. We suffer, heal, and proceed. Proceed, proceed, I told myself,”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“When you die, leave not a trace. Sweep up any evidence of your existence.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

“Τι γίνεται ένα έθνος δυο ανθρώπων όταν πεθαίνει ο ένας τους;”
― Μαρία Ξυλούρη, Η νυχτερινή βάρδια του καλλιγράφου

“Χρειάστηκε να ξεγραφτώ, για να μπορέσω και να συμμορφωθώ και να αγαπήσω και να αγγίξω και να ανταποδώσω και τα πάντα.”
― Μαλβίνα Κάραλη, Σαββατογεννημένη

“When I reread what I’ve written, I feel like I’m swallowing my own vomit.”
― Clarice Lispector