Sonali Menon

“People would be so much more at ease if they acted on impulse rather than reason. That’s why drugs are so effective in curing mental illness—because they impair our judgment. Don’t try to think too much.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“I'm not a junkie or something," I said defensively. "I'm taking some time off. This is my year of rest and relaxation.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“The art world had turned out to be like the stock market, a reflection of political trends and the persuasions of capitalism, fueled by greed and gossip and cocaine.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“Reva was like the pills I took. They turned everything, even hatred, even love, into fluff I could bat away. And that was exactly what I wanted—my emotions passing like headlights that shine softly through a window, sweep past me, illuminate something vaguely familiar, then fade and leave me in the dark again.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation