There’s a certain existential thud that can overwhelm a person when you’re exploring your origins. It can make the worlds feel very large and very cold.
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”
― Dune
― Dune
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