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“At this I am good, for I am a mover of betweens. I slip amongst classifications like water in cupped palms, leaving bits of myself behind. I am quick and deft, for there is no greater fear than the fear of being caught wanting to belong. I am a chameleon. And the best chameleon has no center, no truer sense of self than what he is in an instant.”
― Andrew X. Pham, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

“Elisa [...] could perceive the subtlest shades of an intention. So she added a comment, to compensate for the unfortunate tone of her request - or, at least, to unhinge it and let it swing loose beyond, where the real words are, which have no meaning or force to compel.”
― César Aira, Ghosts

“Since Patri was given to building castles in the air, certain chimerical spectacles could lead her to the utterly misguided belief that reality is everywhere.”
― César Aira, Ghosts

“Why is there so much meaning when a mind breaks? Why isn't it all just static and nonsense?”
― Mark Vonnegut, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So