Lacey

“ANGOR ANIMI n. the sense of being in the act of dying, differing from the fear of death or the desire for death.”
― Henry Marsh, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

“But the idea that you can no longer trust your mind, that’s just about the most frightening thing there is. When you mess around with proportion or symmetry, or when doubt is injected into your perception of the laws of physics, your mind ceases to be a refuge. Your mind is no longer a safe house.”
― David Mitchell, Slade House

“There’s lying,” says Mum, fishing out the envelope she wrote the directions on from her handbag, “which is wrong, and there’s creating the right impression, which is necessary.”
― David Mitchell, Slade House

“Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable hemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed.”
― David Mitchell, Slade House