Annberniet

“It's queer how the thing what attracted you to someone is the same as what you come to despise about them”
― Lionel Shriver

“Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.”
― Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World

“There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian dilemmas that confront the average citizen in other areas of life ... the stakes in this realm could not be higher. For chances are that at some point along the line you will hold in your hands another person's heart. There is no greater responsibility on the planet. However you contend with this fragile organ, which pounds or seizes in accordance with your caprice, will take your full measure.”
― Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, Valis