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“There’s refuge in normalcy—if you can hold on to it.”
― Taylor Adams, No Exit

“Both women fall silent. Then Josie sighs and says, “Men.” And there it is, the point which it all boils down to eventually. The point where there are no words, no theories, no explanations for behaviors that baffle and infuriate and hurt. Just that. Men.”
― Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

“Mm,” Alex offered, a neutral enough stopgap, and this seemed perfectly acceptable. Amazing how little you had to give, really. People just wanted to hear their own voices, your response a comma punctuating their monologue.”
― Emma Cline, The Guest

“Guess what Jeff found in his cabin for me?” Greta says. “Another book by the Martian Chronicle guy.” “Ray Bradburrow,” Jeff says. Bradbury, I think. “Yeah, right. Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Greta says. “It’s good.” She chirps the last bit as if that were all to say about a book: It’s good or it’s bad. I liked it or I didn’t. No discussions of the writing, the themes, the nuances, the structure. Just good or bad. Like a hot dog.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl