Naomi

“I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

“Let us know if you need anything!’ Priya called after her. ‘Cup of tea? Ibuprofen?’ She lowered her voice. ‘An exorcist? What the fuuuuuuuck?’ she mouthed to the others as they watched Shelley shuffle away.”
― Margot McGovern, This Stays Between Us

“Long may you rot”
― C.G. Drews, Hazelthorn

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles