Alex C

“I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself. I think Peeta was on to something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over, because there is something significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices our children's lives to settle our differences.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“If he could have it his way, nobody would ever say anything again. The entire world would go silent. Even the clocks wouldn’t tick. All that mattered would be the beating of hearts, the widening and narrowing of pupils, the whirling of ties and loose strands of hair in the wind---nothing voluntary, nothing false.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World

“I swear, you are frightening me!" said Dantes. "Is the world full of tigers and crocodiles then?"
"Yes, except that the tigers and crocodiles with two legs are more dangerous than the rest.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“But I never did try very hard to please my mother. In fact, I never tried hard to please anybody at all after that day in the locked room. Now I only try hard to please myself. That is all that matters here. That is the secret thing I found.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World