rachel

“She is merely acclimatizing herself, in accordance with a natural law, like an animal which changes its coat for the winter. Thousands of people like Frl. Schroeder are acclimatizing themselves. After all, whatever government is in power, they are doomed to live in this town.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin

“Many of them seem past caring what is true or not, only desperate for some reason, some order to the rearrangement of their lives, even if it is brought about by a lie.”
― Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies

“I thought of Natalia: she has escaped – none too soon, perhaps. However often the decision may be delayed, all these people are ultimately doomed. This evening is the dress-rehearsal of a disaster. It is like the last night of an epoch.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin

“What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War