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“Can’t I be happy? I’ve missed you.”
― The Dragon Republic
― The Dragon Republic
“There’s a Susan Sontag book called Regarding the Pain of Others, which Frank made me read — there’s a bit where Sontag talks about how when people see terrible things happen, they used to say it felt like a dream, but now they say it feels like a movie. Movies have supplanted dreams in the popular consciousness, and have become our benchmark for the unreal, and the almost real. Today has been a movie, playing on an old, warped videotape.”
― Boy Parts
― Boy Parts
“You’re at Yuelu Academy,” Nezha said. “You’re conducting groundbreaking research on—on some irrelevant shit like the movement of planetary bodies, or the most effective accounting methods across the Twelve Provinces.” “Don’t mock accounting,” Kitay said. “It’s important.” “Only to you,” Venka said. “Regimes have fallen because rulers didn’t balance their accounts.”
― The Dragon Republic
― The Dragon Republic
“Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a fucking mark?”
― Boy Parts
― Boy Parts
“I know that’s what I get from you, table scraps, but because it’s scraps from your table, it’s better than a 3 course meal with someone else. And you’ve given me glimpses into your life, your real life, and I wonder if it’s your fault. I wonder if you’ve got anything but scraps to give.”
― Boy Parts
― Boy Parts
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