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“His living was made by moving people, but his favourite pastime was watching them.”
― Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain

“Grown apart? Future? Seriously, you’re seventy years old!”
― Helga Flatland, En moderne familie

“Ever child instinctively heads toward dirt and filth unless you pull it back. Mother chose a career for Erika when her daughter was still young. It had to be an artistic profession, so she could squeeze money out of the arduously achieved perfection, while average types would stand around the artist, admiring her, applauding her.”
― Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher

“There is a logic to organizing. Everything has its place, even the tiniest scrap fits in a closed ecosystem. There is no excess, the mosquito is as essential as the chimney, the tea bag will be reborn an eagle. Even the shekel is a native of this earth, mined from the depths of Chile or Utah. Sorting brought me comfort, order is relief.”
― Yasmin Zaher, The Coin