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“Don’t fear the dark places in your mind, otherwise rage will blacken your sight.”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart

“The most precious thing you can give someone is your time, Chika, because you can never get it back. When you don’t think about getting it back, you’ve given it in love.”
― Mitch Albom, Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

“My body is not my own any more. They have stamped their names all over it.”
― Louise O'Neill, Asking For It

“I like it better when my room is pitch black, when the dark is so thick it swallows me up and I feel as if I could drown in it.”
― Louise O'Neill, Asking For It