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“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“A body could be labeled but a person couldn’t, and the difference between the two depended on that muscle in your chest. That beloved organ, not sentient, not aware, not feeling, just pumping along, keeping you alive.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“It's very arresting, happiness. You should know that I'm someone who appreciates the subtleties of human experience.”
― Otessa Moshfegh

“Age, then, is not something that can be understood; it is a preoccupation of the old, and the old is anyone older than oneself.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees