“none of this talk. A week or so later, thinking about Mark’s words, Randy had decided to go into”
― Alas, Babylon
― Alas, Babylon
“We brought her into the house. My stomach pushed up into my throat. The Polish girl was my sister’s age. What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.”
― Mansfield Park
― Mansfield Park
“You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken sleep have all crept into your being and become part of you, so everyone can see it, in your posture, your gaze, the way you move and talk.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
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