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“Do things just go away? her mother says. Do things that happened not exist, or stop existing, just because we can't see them happening in front of us?
They do when they're over, George says.
And what about the things we watch happening right in front of us and still can't really see? her mother says.”
― Ali Smith, How to be Both

“When other people are happy, I don't have to worry about them. There is room for my happiness.”
― Ling Ma, Severance

“People would be so much more at ease if they acted on impulse rather than reason. That’s why drugs are so effective in curing mental illness—because they impair our judgment. Don’t try to think too much.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“Neveah thought it was funny how their father never missed a call, but he had missed his own life passing him by. And he had given her the same kind of myopia, it seemed.”
― S.A. Cosby, King of Ashes