Sami

“Cor cordium, heart of hearts, I’ve never said anything truer in my life to anyone.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“When she asked the birds what to do, they answered that they didn't know anything about love, that love was a distinctly human defect which God had created to counterbalance the power of human greed.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“Yes, Marek was her son, but he was a bastard, a scar. That’s what a child of rape was, in fact—evidence.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“Her absence hung over both of
them like a hovering bird. Marek felt the bird wasn’t close enough, that it
was just out of reach, that if it descended a bit farther he could grab hold of
its foot and it would take him away, fly him to some better place. And Jude
felt the bird was too close. If he looked up at it, it would scratch his eyes
out. The difference was that Jude had known Agata. And he knew the truth
about her absence. All Marek knew was that she had given her life for his
own, like any good mother would do.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona