Hannah

“He took up his usual position in the reading room in a chair next to the window and read on”
― Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

“When the trust that truth makes possible is lost, our lives cannot help but be captured by forms of violence—violence often disguised as order and, for that reason, not recognized for the lie that is at its heart. That’s why any peace that isn’t truthful is cursed.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

“A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end. It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“Mimicry can be unkind, but at least it acknowledges that you’re there.”
― Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19