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“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that’s a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that don’t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everything’s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep—then they appear.”
― Moominland Midwinter
― Moominland Midwinter
“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“I don’t know why, because it’s one of those things I’m not contractually obligated to care about.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset.”
― Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI
― Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI
“You keep obsessively holding yourself to these idealised standards, forcing yourself to fit them. It's another way, among many, for you to keep punishing yourself.”
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
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