Peter

“Thanks to Hitler, we are no longer living in a world that cares about the death of someone because they were loved in the past. It cares only if that death can do damage to the future. It’s a grim truth, Sidney. Like Orpheus leaving Hades, we are rushing headlong into the light of a terrible new world.”
― Christopher Fowler, Full Dark House

“waver; I just wanted to do what all my straight friends were doing, tie the knot, and get on with my life. But the low-key option wasn’t available to me.”
― Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening—A Poignant Journey Through Journalism, Global Connections, and Human Resilience in Today's World

“Of course,” said Orkideh. “It seems very American to expect grief to change something. Like a token you cash in. A formula. Grieve x amount, receive y amount of comfort. Work a day in the grief mines and get paid in tickets to the company store.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“The closer you are to death, the more attached you become to life,”
― Christopher Fowler, Full Dark House