Rita

“A tyrant runs a country. He does this via a lot of other people doing this tyrant's work for him. They do it partly because they think he'll kill them or their families if they don't, and partly because it makes them feel powerful too.
One of the things you're not allowed to say in this country is that the tyrant is a tyrant.”
― Ali Smith, Gliff

“I'm all my me's, she said. I am complete.”
― Ali Smith, Gliff

“Man doesn’t choose fate. Fate chooses man. People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“A person who ceases to be a friend never was one.”
― Valérie Perrin, Three