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“He doesn’t know which is worse, a past he can’t regain or a present that will destroy him if he looks at it too clearly. Then there’s the future. Sheer vertigo.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“What you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“There were signs and I missed them. For instance, Crake said once, "Would you kill someone you loved to spare them pain?" "You mean, commit euthanasia?" said Jimmy. "Like putting down your pet turtle?" "Just tell me," said Crake.
"I don't know. What kind of love, what kind of pain?”
― Oryx and Crake
"I don't know. What kind of love, what kind of pain?”
― Oryx and Crake
“One boy had drawn a perfect isosceles triangle on every single page- meticulously, it was emphasized. Meticulously was a chilling touch: meticulousness, we knew, was just one step away from full-blown lunacy.”
― Moral Disorder and Other Stories
― Moral Disorder and Other Stories
“Do you love me, that's all," he said. "That's the only thing that matters."
It was the language again, I couldn't use it because it wasn't mine. He must have known what he meant but it was an imprecise word; the Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them, there ought to be as many for love.”
― Surfacing
It was the language again, I couldn't use it because it wasn't mine. He must have known what he meant but it was an imprecise word; the Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them, there ought to be as many for love.”
― Surfacing
Aima’s 2024 Year in Books
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