Barbara

“Suicide wore the mask of self-rejection; but in reality nobody took their personality more seriously than the person who was planning to kill himself on its instructions. Nobody was more determined to stay in charge at any cost, to force the most mysterious aspect of life into their own imperious schedule.”
― Edward St. Aubyn, At Last

“Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“I am tired. Too full of stuff I've done. Where my legs hurt where my scalp hurts. I'll not fight the thing inside me anymore. Let it eat me up. Please God. I want it to.”
― Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

“What if memories were just memories, without any consolatory or persecutory power? Would they exist at all, or was it always emotional pressure that summoned images from what was potentially all of experience so far?”
― Edward St. Aubyn, At Last