“I liked to sit in the library to write essays, allowing my sense of time and personal identity to dissolve as the light dimmed outside the windows.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“The headstone is placed on top of the whole affair, like the cherry on a death-denial sundae.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
“Deep down I wanted some kind of change. Any change, whether good or bad, would be better than the state of impasse I was in now.”
― Convenience Store Woman
― Convenience Store Woman
“The concept of the body as canvas becomes more powerful if the canvas is dead.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
“Life is the thing you bring with you inside your own head.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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