Rina Macaraig

“I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.”
― Death The Book Thief

“All that time I was giving to others instead of staying at home reading or drawing or simply looking at the ceiling, half naked, observing the cracks. I couldn’t stand the idea of being forced to live that office pantomime in perpetuity just to pay for things like rent or food or a book or a weekend at the beach. I broke down every morning when the alarm beeped because life, lived this way, seemed like a badly written tragedy, boring and sterile, devoid of fun and, even worse, devoid of content, and so, on my way to work, I felt like grabbing strangers by the shoulders and asking them why they weren’t feeling like me.”
― Beatriz Serrano, Discontent

“Life, in the end, is a lot like a search engine: as you make decisions, your options get fewer, until you have to choose between two or three and pray you haven’t made a mistake.”
― Beatriz Serrano, Discontent

“But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’
Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History