All true, but nothing that captured them as people. Nothing about my father’s smile, my mother’s perfume. Nothing about what it felt like to live with them, to be raised by them, to be loved and abandoned by them in equal measures.
“People get very angry when police officers are accused of a crime, but that anger is often displaced toward the accuser or the victim. The conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience is well documented.”
― One of Us Is Next
― One of Us Is Next
“You must be careful with that, Roos. It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“What if I am?” She exhaled a plume of vapor from her e-cigarette—which, thank God, she’s switched to, none of us could take the Gitanes anymore.”
― Royal Wedding
― Royal Wedding
“To survive you need to learn to hold contradictory things in your head at the same time. I am going to die; I am going to live. There is nothing to fear; be wary of everything.”
― I Am Still Alive
― I Am Still Alive
“Because death breaks out connection... death is not a thread. it is the sharp cut that severs us. Death separates us from one another, and yet holds us close. As deeply as we hate it, it love us more.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
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