

“Men who start by burning books end by burning other men,”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police

“My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might germinate again if the rain falls. And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police

“Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl

“I sit there and read on my Kindle while I wait for a fare. Hard to read a regular book once it gets dark, but the Kindle’s just fine. Great fucking invention, if you’ll pardon me for lapsing into my Native American tongue for a minute.”
― The Outsider
― The Outsider

“Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale

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