Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it’s sharp.
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
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