“Watch out for the leaders, Crake used to say. First the leaders and the led, then the tyrants and the slaves, then the massacres. That’s how it’s always gone.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“He wanted me to play Scrabble with him, and kiss him as if I meant it. This is one of the most bizarre things that's happened to me, ever. Context is all.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“That’s not the kind of thing crazy people do, her muddled thoughts insisted. That’s the kind of thing crazy people see.”
― The Flight of the Silvers
― The Flight of the Silvers
“His mother said that all children were arsonists at heart, and if not for the lighter he’d have used matches.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“Perfection exacts a price, but it’s the imperfect who pay it.”
― MaddAddam
― MaddAddam
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