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“My death, and the death of everyone I love, is inevitable.
Pine again.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“That's nice that she's so happy, I think. It's nice that anyone is capable of happiness, really. It's amazing that the human body can produce the neurochemicals required to feel joy. I am disappointed to have been served so little of those chemicals- but I am glad nonetheless that this old woman has enough dopamine, and oxytocin, and whatever else she needs to sustain that smile - despite the fact that her husband is dead, her teeth are probably fake, and all human life is fundamentally inconsequential.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“I'm disappointed God is so homophobic that he forgot about lesbians, but I guess I would rather be forgotten than put to death.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“I wonder what it’s like to be him. To vocalize the stupid thoughts he has without considering how others will interpret them.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead