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“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are.”
“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 glimpsed that same craving in Jenny Fisk—an ask, for suffering. It was the scariest thing about being a woman. It was hardwired, ageless, the part that knew you could have the good without the hurt, but it wouldn’t be nearly as exquisite.”
― 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
“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
“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
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