Kari Winder

“While they wished to look out for each other, and to keep tabs on each other, staying in touch took a toll on them, serving as an unsettling reminder of a life not lived, and also they grew less worried each for the other, less worried that the other would need them to be happy, and eventually a month went by without any contact, and then a year, and then a lifetime.”
― Mohsin Hamid, Exit West

“A vulgar word, well placed and said with just enough vigour, can express far more than its polite equivalent.”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“I knew, though, that life was never that easy, that instead of doors being opened for you, to get anywhere, you had to jump over fences.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Way Home

“People are blind to explanations that lie outside their perception of reality.”
― Stephen King, The Outsider