Deena Dereus

“Our subject is, you see, impelled towards the good by, paradoxically, being impelled towards evil. The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress. To counter these the subject has to switch to a diametrically opposed attitude.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“Running along the bank was a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and looking worriedly at a clock. Appearing and disappearing at various points on both banks was a dark blue British police telephone booth, out of which a perplexed-looking man holding a screwdriver would periodically emerge. A group of dwarf bandits could be seen disappearing into a hole in the sky. "Time travelers," said Nobodaddy in a voice of gentle disgust. "They're everywhere these days.”
― Salman Rushdie, Luka and the Fire of Life

“...where there is One, that One is me; where there are many, all are me; they see my face everywhere.
The Bhagavad Gita”
― The Bhagavad Gita

“How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[...]None of us breaks free.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West