Motherthing
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Winter never lets you forget you’re alive. Maybe that’s why it makes people sad.
“You don't need to have it all. You only need to figure out how much is enough.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“She had known from a young age that everyone had darkness inside-some just controlled it better than others. Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part. Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“Memory is irrevocably wrapped in loss. I worry about the future sometimes. Everything is photographed. I can watch television shows from 50 years ago on the computer. It’s as if by losing nothing, we’re losing loss, and forgetting how to remember.”
― Brat
― Brat
“But Saffy knew about catastrophe. It was arbitrary. A thing descended from nowhere, pointed a bony finger, and smirked. As if to say: I choose you.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
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