“It was the kind of regret that gave lobotomies a certain appeal. Better to have it all wiped clean than to spend the rest of your life defined by one impulsive, destructive, decision. One lie. One pull of a trigger. (page 387)”
― Rainbow Black
― Rainbow Black
“In jail, it becomes apparent how maladapted our society is to supporting lasting bonds. I's like we're trying to destroy love. Smothering it in concrete, deadening it with consumer good and blitzes of media. We are exceptional -- we are the only specific that acts directly, consciously, against its self-interest. Over, and over, and over. (401)”
― Rainbow Black
― Rainbow Black
“Would I not have loved her if your positioned were reversed, making me the benign one and her the one with a heart deformed by violence? Of course I would have. (400)”
― Rainbow Black
― Rainbow Black
“But I knew. He was punishing me. Just like his wife, I'd failed to be the woman he needed me to be to make his life meaningful. (Page 296)”
― Rainbow Black
― Rainbow Black
“But at the end of the day, Mr. Hantz was just a man doing what men do: twisting the story around to cast himself as the hero. (293)”
― Rainbow Black
― Rainbow Black
lexa’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Comics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Psychology, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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