Max

“You have such a great fear of freedom, brother. It's shackling you. You've identified so hard with the colonizer, you think any threat to them is a threat to you. When are you going to realize you can't be one of them?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“He went back to his first morning in Oxford: climbing a sunny hill with Ramy, picnic basket in hand. Elderflower cordial. Warm brioche, sharp cheese, a chocolate tart for dessert. The air smelled like a promise, all of Oxford shone like an illumination, and he was falling in love.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“It is only through your own lived experience that you will learn that living on the outside of 'normal' provides the perfect view for spotting insecure and flimsy principles camouflaging themselves as leadership or righteousness.”
― Brian Broome, Punch Me Up to the Gods