“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“In the weeks that followed, we amazed ourselves. Our habits slid apart easily...And our very few intimacies were simply discontinued. Where did they go, those things we did? Were they recycled? Did some new couple in China do them? Were a Swedish man and woman foot to foot at this very moment? ”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“Live the dream, Potato.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I have about losing my soul in some accidental, mundane way. So, to me, these jobs that my characters have are very loaded. They immediately suggest a complex character to me, a woman who is, say, a secretary, but also a vigilante on behalf of her own soul.”
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