Kat

“they weren’t attracted to each other, they’d known it even before going to bed together, but they still wanted to try, because they were alone”
― Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

“I only became friends with him that summer when all my other friends decided to become assholes—otherwise known as the summer when I decided to hate all my friends.”
― Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

“She was no longer able to cope with all that her sister reminded her of. She'd been unable to forgive her for soaring alone over a boundary she herself could never bring herself to cross, unable to forgive that magnificent irresponsibility that had enabled Yeong-hye to shuck off social constraints and leave her behind, still a prisoner. And before Yeong-hye had broken those bars, she's never even known they were there.”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“We were scared, but fear doesn’t look the same as desperation.”
― Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed