Arina

“I hated them for not worshiping me. Had they no idea of my sacrifice? There I was, perfectly wonderful, and nobody would see that.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World

“My brain hurts and I cry all the time. I don't want to be here on Earth for one moment longer.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World

“I tried to express the idea of mind over matter to Takashi.
"If you believe something, really and truly, it becomes reality," I said. "Don't you think?"
"I believe in death," was Takashi's reply.”
― Otessa Moshfegh

“On a good day, every small thing is enchanting. Everything is a miracle. There is no emptiness. There is no need for forgiveness or escape or medicine. I hear only the wind in the trees, and my devils hatching their sacral plans, fusing all the shattered pieces together into a blanket of ice. I have found that it's under that ice that I can feel I am just another normal person. In the dark and cold, I am at 'peace.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World