k. sirek

“I had come to experience time differently. The world I was typing was always in the past while the word I was thinking of was always in the future, which left the present oddly uninhabited.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“Someone who undervalues himself eventually will blame others for his depreciation.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“Most of us prefer to believe we are the active subjects of our victories but only the passive objects of our defeats. We triumph, but t is not really we who fail—we are ruined by forces beyond our control.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“Some people are exceptionally clear eyed. To them, nothing is ever too complex or mysterious. Answers invisible to most are in plain sight to these enlightened few. Their approach to the world is elementary and, without fail, right. They see through false complications and find the simple truths of life. Mildred was blessed with this lucidity.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust