Aberrations Quotes

“Throughout my life," she said, spreading her arms out as if to say that the wall was her life, "I've set goals, mapped out a course of action, a measurable plan, and then step-by-step, I've accomplished those goals. I accomplish the goal in question and don't concern myself with what thangs look like or how my plan is perceived along the way. Only the end result matters, the culmination of multiple parts, tiny steps I recognized early on as critical.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“I wished I could make him see what I saw. I wished I could make him feel it. But he was slippery and hollow inside. He was too perfect to ever view an imperfection as a gift. He was doomed to live his life looking impeccable while the aberrations, the imperfections, and the oddities of nature grew up around him.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“Why do people lie?" I asked him.
"I don't know," he said. "I don't know why we do."
"Why do you lie to your wife?"
"I don't know." He shook his head. "I think maybe it's a weakness, a sign of a need for somethin'. Maybe attention. I don't know. Somethin' more than what I've got. Maybe I'm a prisoner, too.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“Why do people lie?' I asked him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'I don't know why we do.'
'Why do you lie to your wife?'
'I don't know.' He shook his head. 'I think maybe it's a weakness, a sign of a need for somethin'. Maybe attention. I don't know. Somethin' more than what I've got. Maybe I'm a prisoner, too.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“It seemed to me also that, sadly, the urge to cleanse ourselves of what we fear is sin or madness comes from a deeper urge to believe outward appearance has everything to do with what's inside... But nothing ever goes away. Nothing can be washed away.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“Don't be afraid!" Tim hollered from the car. "Seek the truth!"
"Yeah, seek the truth," Mac said. His eyes moved in his head as if he was trying to understand something himself. And for the first time, I considered that maybe there were no doors after all. Maybe when you look for a man's door, you create it. You create the door that shuts you out. I looked past him and focused on the door I could see.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations

“Don't be afraid!" Tim hollered from the car. 'Seek the truth!"
"Yeah, seek the truth," Mac said. His eyes moved in his head as if he was trying to understand something himself. And for the first time, I considered that maybe there were no doors after all. Maybe when you look for a man's door, you create it. You create the door that shuts you out. I looked past him and focused on the door I could see.”
― Penelope Przekop, Aberrations