“I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone. This, I think, is still true, but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“I'm lying, yes, but why do you force me to give a linear explanation; linear explanations are almost always lies.”
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“What I'm really scared of is believing the words society makes me speak are my own.”
― Earthlings
― Earthlings
“No matter what you’ve been through, your story is one among many. Try focusing on that,” she says. “Focus on the feeling of the world getting wider.”
― Easy Beauty
― Easy Beauty
“I think too much. I think ahead. I think behind. I think sideways. I think it all. If it exists, I’ve fucking thought of it.”
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