Kyle

“Everything offended Jessica, which is inevitable when you move through the world in search of offense.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Is this your first time staying with us?" a woman at a reception desk for the third or fourth hotel said to her, and Olive wasn't sure how to answer, because if you've stayed in one Marriott, haven't you stayed in all of them?”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“Oh, he took a job in industry,” they would say, as if “industry” here was a euphemism like a farm for old sick dogs. And they said it with a kind, patronizing lilt that betrayed what they truly meant: alt academia meant failure. The life of the mind, unfettered from commerce, was the only kind worth living.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis