Kyle

“Sometimes you don't know you're going to throw a grenade until you've already pulled the pin.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“Oh, he took a job in industry,” they would say, as if “industry” here was a euphemism like a farm for old sick dogs. And they said it with a kind, patronizing lilt that betrayed what they truly meant: alt academia meant failure. The life of the mind, unfettered from commerce, was the only kind worth living.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Is this your first time staying with us?" a woman at a reception desk for the third or fourth hotel said to her, and Olive wasn't sure how to answer, because if you've stayed in one Marriott, haven't you stayed in all of them?”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility