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“Know that even in death, youʼre my life.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“She had held a pear in her hand and she had eaten it skin and all. She had eaten the stem and she had eaten its seeds and she had eaten its core, and the hunger still sat in her like an open maw. She thought: I can hold you and find that I still miss your body. She thought: I can listen to you speak and still miss the sound of your voice.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“Strange, he thought next, that fire hurts to the touch. Fire gives light. Shouldn’t the darkness hurt instead? Hell ought to be pure darkness. Nothingness.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“Life is so short. Why do we build up these walls?”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface