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“In the bathroom, the ones who’d wanted to be Marcela’s friends told us it was impossible because she didn’t talk. She listened to them but never answered, and she stared at them so intently that it scared them.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

“Next week, and a splendid ball. One of those balls where one always enjoys oneself.
Why, are there balls where one always enjoys oneself? Anna said, with tender irony.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“I don’t want you learning to be like me. But I don’t know how to teach you to be anyone different.”
― Ashley Audrain, The Push

“She looked him full in the face with the most amazed expression. Even now he could not think of it without a shudder. And after a horribly long stare Alison had burst out laughing yes, laughing. She laughed so hard that she choked herself and someone had to beat her on the back. Finally she excused herself from the table. And all through that tormenting evening whenever he looked at her she gave him such a mocking smile.”
― Carson McCullers, Reflections in a Golden Eye