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“unleashing her opinions in a voluble, bilious way, and further alienating people who already had a low opinion of her”

—me as hell, Halle Butler, me as hell

“Part of her believed that if she could unclench and let herself experience the fullness of these passing moments, life would blossom and feel longer and richer, that this was not wasted time but the true seat of experience, and all she really had to do was surrender.”
— not to dick ride Halle Butler even more than i alr do but idk how she manages to put some real ass thoughts into such captivating writing…

“24 year old arts administrator and veritable shit-for-brains named Gracie”

—i’m incorporating “shit-for-brains” into my lexicon immediately wow

“i felt a throb—not of envy, perhaps of admiration, although the two are not unrelated”

i don’t want to jinx anything because i’m enjoying this book so far— but i just have a huge affinity for this particular genre of books that are written by women narrated to us readers by their internal monologue recounting short seemingly arbitrary yet ultimately significant stories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see also: dolly alderton, halle butler, ottessa moshfegh