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“In Ashbury I am not a homeowner, not even a tenant – I’m a lodger, occupant of the small second bedroom in Cathy’s bland and inoffensive duplex, subject to her grace and favour.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“Love is the world’s infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood. Tony Kushner, THE ILLUSION”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“But it’s not so bad, I can think of worse traits in a flatmate. No, it’s not Cathy, it’s not even Ashbury that bothers me most about my new situation (I still think of it as new, although it’s been two years). It’s the loss of control.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“Blood starts to ooze from the wound. The girls on the other side of the carriage are watching me, their faces blank.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I am not the girl I used to be. I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s not just that I’ve put on weight, or that my face is puffy from the drinking and the lack of sleep; it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, they can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
Joseph’s 2025 Year in Books
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247 friends
424 books
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18 books
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7 books
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1 book
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