Snood

“And that’s what they want, kid. For you to strive to be more like them and less like you. Sure, you’ll never be one of them, but the illusion is there so you’ll try to be. That’s their trap and it works every time. The more you try, the more misery you’ll generate, because it goes against human nature to be so dead inside.”
― Todd Keisling, The Smile Factory

“Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.”
― Robert Chambers