Camilla Hect

“Look around you and look at yourself: the world is swarming with assassins, that is, people who allow themselves to forget those they claimed to love. To forget someone: have you really thought about what that means? Forgetfulness is a gigantic ocean where only one ship sails, the ship of memory. For most human beings, that ship is no more than a miserable tub which takes on water at the slightest opportunity.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin

“My heart is a thin thing, these days - shred of paper blown between the spaces in my ribs.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“I want to explain her in a way that would make you love her, but the problem with this is that loving is something we all do alone and through different sets of eyes.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“La razza umana è cosi fatta che esseri sani di mente sarebbero pronti a sacrificare la loro giovinezza, il loro corpo, i loro amori, i loro amici, la loro felicità e molte altre cose ancora sull'altare di un fantasma chiamato eternità.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin