gentlemischief

“Sometimes, when there’s been an accident and reality is too sudden and strange to comprehend, the surreal will take over. Action slows to a dreamlike glide, frame by frame; the motion of a hand, a sentence spoken, fills an eternity.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“There’s nothing so off-putting to some people as someone who seems not to care whether anyone else approves of them. Maybe it’s resentment: I have bent for the greater good, to follow the rules, so why haven’t you? You should care.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“Even more terrible, as we grow older, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“And I have been running for so long that I’ve forgotten what it is to stand and fight.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight