Arman

“The only person who knew your weak spots better than the woman who raised you was the woman who shared your bed.”
― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

“I don’t think you’re interested in having a nice life. Which is arrogant, really, because you expect other people to help you maintain an existence that you yourself can’t work up any enthusiasm over. Don’t take this personally, by the way. I’m just observing.”
― Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

“She used to say to him, If people knew what I was thinking they would put me away forever. But they would put us all away, he said. They have put us away. we are put away for our thoughts, one way or another. We have put ourselves away, he said.”
― Don DeLillo, Mao II

“When the moon was full, my mother would burn sandlewood incense throughout her flat with the windows closed. Kali Mata had told her to do this to vanquish evil spirits and mosquitoes. We stopped the practice for a year when the doctor said it was giving me asthma. Ma believes that was the year everything went wrong.”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar