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"It took me a few minutes to understand the last part because he kept saying 'his mistress' and to me she was Marie."

separation of crime and criminal?

sometimes u just need a random reddit user to analyze the book for u 💕

omg worst fear. imagine living five months unknowingly verbalizing every thought

"I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that they ended up flowing into one another. They lost their names. Only the words 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' still had any meaning for me."

cont. this is why change is a temporary punishment

the physical world is all that exists because, no matter what the physical situation may be, your mind - and everything else - will adapt to it

cordiality is a mask

by society, you can (and will) be labeled both a criminal on earth but also innocent by God (contradictory, yet fabricated by the same people)

mindless words have more perceived value than mindless silence (one rewarded while the other rejected).