“You don't love people," he said. "You love what they do to you.”
― Battleborn
― Battleborn
“Anh Minh believed that if he could save three minutes here, five minutes there, then one day he could tally them all up and have enough to start life all over again.”
― The Book of Salt
― The Book of Salt
“I can remember a time when I took Henry James's advice--'try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!'--deeply to heart. I think I was then imagining that the net effect of becoming one of those people would be one of accretion. Whereas if you truly become someone on whom nothing is lost, then loss will not be lost upon you, either.”
― Bluets
― Bluets
“How loose the silk. How jailed down the juice.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“I wanted to get out, Vyme, to keep going and not be trapped, to be free.... only I was cruel. I had the chance to do it, and I took it. Why is that bad, Vyme? Unless, of course, that's what being free means.”
― Aye, and Gomorrah
― Aye, and Gomorrah
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