“All too often, food is given to a poor person only because the giver is too lazy to go to the dustbin, or to look for one.”
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“Either you love someone totally or you don't. There's no in-between.”
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“In a culture where the brain is considered the center of consciousness, an unraveling brain is an unraveling self. To let the mentally unstable live in our midst is to face the fearful fragility of the ego. So we whisper our fears over their heads, driving them into the wilderness of the streets or locking them away where they can’t be seen. We let them pale into husks of
human beings, cut off from the mutual blood of society. Sometimes we toss them a coin; it’s a small price to pay for the relief of looking away.”
― The Sea Once Swallowed Me: A Memoir of Love, Solitude, and the Limits of Language
human beings, cut off from the mutual blood of society. Sometimes we toss them a coin; it’s a small price to pay for the relief of looking away.”
― The Sea Once Swallowed Me: A Memoir of Love, Solitude, and the Limits of Language
“He was both the villain and the hero, the monster and the monster slayer.”
― A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
― A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
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