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“Era interessante scoprire che la mente umana non è in fondo altro che un cimitero costruito su un antro buio, sul cui fondo strisciano e si annodano rettili bizzarri come quelli. Molto interessante.”
― Stephen King

“Roberta Raggianti forse non ne sapeva molto sulla pazzia, ma di certo sapeva come recuperare una cosa che sembrava rovinata, come una salsa impazzita o un soufflé sgonfio. Credeva fosse possibile riparare la mente devastata del signor Di Maggio, se solo lui avesse capito di non essere da solo e si fosse ricordato chi era.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“I wasn't good at pretending, that was the thing. After what had happened in that burning house, given what went on there, I could see no point in being anything other than truthful with the world. I had, literally, nothing left to lose. But, by careful observation from the sidelines, I'd worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things they don't find very funny, or do things they don't particularly want to, with people whose company they don't particularly enjoy. Not me. I had decided, years ago, that if the choice was between that or flying solo, then I'd fly solo. It was safer that way. Grief is the price we pay for love, so they say. The price is far too high.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine