“Was that the beginning, that evening—on the dock of Avilion, with the fireworks dazzling the sky? It's hard to know. Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved. Now I know better. I look at the faces in newspapers, in magazines, and wonder: what greeds, what furies drive them on?”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
“Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
“We are survivors, of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
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