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“We play two games. Larynx, I spell. Valance. Quince. Zygote. I hold the glossy counters with their smooth edges, finger the letters. The feeling is voluptuous. This is freedom, an eyeblink of it. Limp, I spell. Gorge. What a luxury. The counters are like candies, made of peppermint, cool like that. Humbugs, those were called. I would like to put them into my mouth. They would taste also of lime. The letter C. Crisp, slightly acid on the tongue, delicious.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“There's something terrible about the way normality asserts itself. About the way that summer insists on happening. About the way the chestnuts blossom and Wimbledon takes place.”
― Flesh
― Flesh
“And all that burgeoning physicality is held within yourself as a sort of secret, even as it is also the actual surface that you present to the world, so that you’re left absurdly exposed, unsure whether the world knows everything about you or nothing, because you have no way of knowing whether these experiences that you’re having are universal or entirely specific”
― Flesh
― Flesh
“She asks me what I am cooking today and I say mujaddara - a traditional rice and lentil dish, with fried onions sprinkled on top, that she taught me how to make. I tell her that I never seem to be able to match the crispiness of her onions. She gives me some advice about it - frying them in hotter oil and letting them sit in a strainer for a while. I ask her about Uncle, and she says he's still waking up in the middle of the night, asking about his mother. Once again, I feel grateful that Mum's mind is untarnished. We talk about Covid again for a minute or so. Then she asks me what am I cooking today.”
― Bullet, Paper, Rock: A Memoir of Words and Wars
― Bullet, Paper, Rock: A Memoir of Words and Wars
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