

“It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.”
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

“I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.”
― Jazz
― Jazz

“Meanwhile, the clouds are white and the sky is blue. Why is there so much God? At the expense of men.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star

“I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.”
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

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