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“Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Humans… For the most part you are dull and blundering. But occasionally you can be remarkably bright creatures.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“I came to realize that while I struggled to be good, I could excel at being courageous.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

“Tova wonders sometimes if it’s better that way, to have one’s tragedies clustered together, to make good use of the existing rawness. Get it over with in one shot. Tova knew there was a bottom to those depths of despair. Once your soul was soaked though with grief, any more simply ran off, overflowed, the way maple syrup on Saturday-morning pancakes always cascaded onto the table whenever Erik was allowed to pour it himself.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures