Because the idea of ending up alone was something far less imaginable.


“Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale

“Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl

“My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might germinate again if the rain falls. And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways. Sigmund Freud”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient

“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say? What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
― Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
― Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content

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