Kyle

“Pandemics don’t approach like wars, with the distant thud of artillery growing louder every day and flashes of bombs on the horizon. The arrive in retrospect, essentially. It’s disorienting. The pandemic is far away and then it’s all around you with seemingly no intermediate step.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“It's in moments like this that I remember why I don't have encounters with married women. Inevitably, it leads to encounters with married men.”
― Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

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

“Sometimes you don't know you're going to throw a grenade until you've already pulled the pin.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility