“open me carefully”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six. Funny how phallic objects are always more useful the bigger they are. Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.”
― Narcissus in Chains
― Narcissus in Chains
“I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how
wonderful it was.”
― The Killing Dance
wonderful it was.”
― The Killing Dance
“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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