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“He was like a freezer item that had thawed too quickly on the outside and was melting everywhere, while the inside was still frozen solid. Somehow he was expressing more emotion than at any time in his life before, while simultaneously feeling less, feeling nothing.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“On top of pique, umbrage, and ennui. Oh, the French diseases of the soul.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“I reflected that it seemed to be in the nature of human beings to spend the first part of their lives mocking the cliches and conventions of their elders and the final part mocking the cliches and conventions of the young.”
― Michael Chabon, Moonglow