It’s very easy to rationalize what you’re doing when you don’t know the faces and the names of the people you might hurt. It’s very easy to choose yourself over someone else when it’s an abstract. And I think that’s why I kept everything
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“The whole question here is: am I a monster, or a victim myself?”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“novels certainly have their charms, but the most elegant creation in the prose universe is a short story. Master the short story and you’ll have mastered the world,”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“He was an aimless kite in search of a string to ground him to the world, but instead, he’d found Wren, a great, strong wind who’d supported his exploration of the sky”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
“But I guess that’s sort of the point of love between two people—you can’t re-create it. Every time you love, everyone you love, the love is different. You’re different in it.”
― One True Loves
― One True Loves
“Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.”
― Life After Life
― Life After Life
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