“He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future.”
― A God in Ruins
― A God in Ruins
“I must be losing patience with my fellow humans," Miss Beryl went on. "Anymore I'm all for executing people who are mean to children. I used to favor just cutting off their feet. Now I want to rid the world of them completely. If this keeps up I'll be voting Republican soon.”
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“An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.”
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“Ah Sook was very fond of Anna, and he believed that she was fond of him also. He knew, however, that the intimacy that they enjoyed together was less a togetherness than it was a shared isolation—for there is no relationship as private as that between the addict and his drug, and they both felt that isolation very keenly.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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