Frank Richards

“Life will do its best to get at you. Sneak up from behind and shatter you, into tiny unrecognizable pieces. You have to be ready to pick everything up pragmatically. Keep your head down and make it work.”
― Tommy Orange, There There

“I am entirely alone. I and my shadow fill the universe.”
― Angela Carter, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

“In life, if one wants seriously to understand how the world works, he must die at least once.”
― Giorgio Bassani, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis