Camille

“I often felt there was something wired weirdly in my brain, a problem so complicated only a lobotomy could solve it - I'd need a whole new mind or a whole new life”
― Otessa Moshfegh

“I had a bad habit of drumming my fists on my stomach and pinching the negligible amount of fat on my thighs. I sincerely believed that if there were less of me, I would have fewer problems”
― Otessa Moshfegh

“I desperately hoped I could avoid ever having to resemble a grown woman. I didn’t see that any good could come of that.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“I didn’t really want to die. I didn’t always want to live, but I wasn’t going to kill myself.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen