Edward Costelloe

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“At the same time, what was becoming clear to me was the extent to which humans, in their wish to escape loneliness, made maneuvers that were very complex and hard to fathom, and I saw it was possible that the consequences of Morgan’s Falls had at no stage been within my control.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

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“What is a country but a life sentence?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“When night fell, I listened to the Songs that the Moon and Stars were singing and I sang with them”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

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“Our desires permeate our perceptions”
― Ian McEwan, Black Dogs

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“Look, he says: once you have exhausted the process of negotiation and compromise, once you have fixed on the destruction of an enemy, that destruction must be swift and it must be perfect. Before you even glance in his direction, you should have his name on a warrant, the ports blocked, his wife and friends bought, his heir under your protection, his money in your strong room and his dog running to your whistle. Before he wakes in the morning, you should have the axe in your hand.”
― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

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