was the curse of the Old Empire, that division of man against man that was the continual brake on human progress.
“When you alter yourself, the alterations become the truth...”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
“She looks like a very young old person, or a very old young person; but then, she's looked that way ever since she was two.”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
“How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth shut? Maybe never. Maybe you get more frivolous with age.”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
“Her face is silting up, like a pond; layers are accumulating. Every once in a while, when she can afford the time, she spends a few days at a spa north of the city, drinking vegetable juice and having ultrasound treatments, in search of her original face, the one she knows is under there somewhere; she comes back feeling toned up and virtuous, and hungry.”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
“Condoms seemed to her inherently wicked. But they were also inherently funny. They were like rubber gloves with only one finger, and every time she saw one she had to be severe with herself or she’d get the giggles, a terrifying thought because the man might think you were laughing at him, at his dick, at its size, and that would be fatal.”
― The Robber Bride
― The Robber Bride
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