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"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. Aren't you?" — Mar 19, 2026 10:52PM
"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. Aren't you?" — Mar 19, 2026 10:52PM
“All of us who are living are dying. The only ones not dying are the dead.,,To live was to be haunted by the inevitability of one's own decay, and to be dead was to be haunted by the memory of living.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“Love had taken possession of Pablo’s soul, the kind of love that gnaws away at a person’s rationality, that has them stumbling over their words and leaves them frantic with desire.”
― In the Shadow of Time
― In the Shadow of Time
“You see them in the mercury
light of water, the expanding
orbs of silver where trout
breathe. You hear
them in the sleepy kiss
of rainfall on pine
needles, smell them
as if they were snow
to the west.”
― The Indifferent World
light of water, the expanding
orbs of silver where trout
breathe. You hear
them in the sleepy kiss
of rainfall on pine
needles, smell them
as if they were snow
to the west.”
― The Indifferent World
“I predict that there will be many more like him in the future,” she sighed. “People of privilege speaking heroically on behalf of those with whom they have no intention of mixing.”
― In the Shadow of Time
― In the Shadow of Time
“Remember that the best medical treatment is a sense of relativism. No matter how badly you might feel, take comfort in knowing there's someone who feels much worse.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
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