“I read many books, I saw many, many movies. I watched other lives, only through a window.”
― City of Night
― City of Night
“The one good thing about national anthems is that we’re already on our feet, and therefore ready to run. The truth is one nation, under drugs, under drones.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Because somewhere in that plain of childhood time must have been planted the seeds of the restlessness.”
― City of Night
― City of Night
“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“It seemed that hell could appear day or night, at any time, at any place, simply in response to one's thoughts or wishes. It seemed that we could summon it at our pleasure and that instantly it would appear.”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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