“How strange,’ said Ramy. ‘To love the stuff and the language, but to hate the country.’
‘Not as odd as you’d think,’ said Victoire. ‘There are people, after all, and then there are things.”
Babel by R.F. Kuang
“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
The Handmaid's Tale
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
The Secret History
“You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.”
1Q84
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.”
Little Women
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
Circe
“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me. “
If We Were Villains
“There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.”
Gone Girl
“Even though my brain was a mess, what kept my soul whole was the warmth of the hands holding mine on both sides.”
