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Nikki Settelmeyer
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“Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.”
― Dry
― Dry
“My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way.”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors
“Away in the distance, a train appeared behind the trees, all its compartments were lit, the windows were sure to be open. One of us started singing a ballad, but we all wanted to sing. We sang far quicker than the speed of the train, we swung our arms because our voices weren't enough, our voices got into a tangle where we felt happy. If you mix your voice with others' voices, you feel as though you're caught on a hook. (trans. Michael Hofmann)”
― The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
― The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you weren’t alone. Maybe God was simply that part of yourself that was always there and always strong, even when you were not.”
― A Wolf at the Table
― A Wolf at the Table
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