“I pray silently: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. I don't know what it means, but it sounds right, and it will have to do, because I don't know what else I can say to God.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“...there lay they sheltered from the wind
under mighty beeches silken-skinned,
and sang of love that still shall be,
though earth be foundered under sea,
and sundered here for evermore
shall meet upon the Western Shore.”
― Beren and Lúthien
under mighty beeches silken-skinned,
and sang of love that still shall be,
though earth be foundered under sea,
and sundered here for evermore
shall meet upon the Western Shore.”
― Beren and Lúthien
“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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