aletris

“Tam bir köylü gibi mal hırsıyla mevkiden, geleceğinden başka bir şey görmüyordu gözü.”
― Stefan Zweig, Bir Çöküşün Öyküsü

“Deep down, I’ve always suspected Athena likes my company precisely because I can’t rival her. I understand her world, but I’m not a threat, and her achievements are so far out of my reach that she doesn’t feel bad squealing to my face about her wins. Don’t we all want a friend who won’t ever challenge our superiority, because they already know it’s a lost cause? Don’t we all need someone we can treat as a punching bag?”

Yellowface
R. F. Kuang”
― R. F. Kuang

“Sonunda ninem "Sevgili yavrucuğum," dedi. "Ömrünün sonuna kadar fare kalacağına üzülmüyor musun?"
"Hiç üzülmüyorum," diye yanıtladım. "Kim olduğun ya da neye benzediğin hiç önemli değil, yeter ki seni seven biri olsun.”
― Roald Dahl;, The Witches

“I know some authors who have been able to jump from scandal to scandal with their reputations perfectly intact. Mostly white. Mostly male. Isaac Asimov was a serial sexual harasser; so was Harlan Ellison. David Foster Wallace abused, harassed, and stalked Mary Karr. They are still hailed as geniuses.”

Yellowface
R. F. Kuang”
― R. F. Kuang