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“She doesn't realize how anxiety influences her posture, voice, the heaviness of her footsteps, the length of time it takes her to leave the car in the driveway at the end of the workday, so that even before she enters the apartment Adina knows her mother's mood.”
― Beautyland
― Beautyland
“The human mind is a great thicket of mystery. So much remains unknown. And yet we are expected--in fact required--to live our lives alongside this inscrutable entity that might, at any moment, turn on us.”
― State of Paradise
― State of Paradise
“They cannot afford to be smart with money.”
― Beautyland
― Beautyland
“Grief is a bad mirror. It shows you manipulated images of yourself, your will, and the future. It cannot show you how the small work you do will add up to yourself. Inch by inch.”
― Beautyland
― Beautyland
“I take it you don’t have children?” She samples a small spoonful of the filling. She considers the taste. “No. I’ve never had the desire. I suppose it’s made me a pariah, especially in my youth. It was expected, and I shunned the expectation. They say things are better now, that society is more accepting if you don’t want to become a mother. I’m not sure if I find that to be true. Either you want babies or, if you don’t, you must want to eat them.”
― Cackle
― Cackle
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