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Ottessa Moshfegh
“A grown woman is like a coyote—she can get by on very little. Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness. Over the years I've grown to love men for this weakness.”
Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

Barbara Pym
“The clergy nowadays seldom included the weather in their prayers....”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

Clive Barker
“He kissed her as he worked, and swallowed the pestilence with her spittle; his hands came off her body gritty with her contagious cells. He knew none of this, of course. He was perfectly innocent of what corruption he embraced, and took into himself with every uninspired thrust.”
Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six

Barbara Pym
“Yes, so she knows her failings. Heather was a librarian,' he added, as if this might explain the failings.”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

Barbara Pym
“There was something obscurely humiliating about going into town on the bus, Emma felt, beginning with her not knowing what the fare was and having to fumble for the right coins when she entered.”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves
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