

“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“It is clear to me now that, owing to my unbounded vanity and to the high standard I set for myself, I often looked at myself with furious discontent, which verged on loathing, and so I inwardly attributed the same feeling to everyone.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground

“When you married someone, you promised to love every person he would be. He promised to love every person she had been. And here they were, still trying, even though the past and the future were both mysteries.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half

“A town always looked different once you'd returned, like a house where all the furniture had shifted three inches. You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house but you'd keeping banging your shins on the table corners.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half

“There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
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