

“It is one of the things she has come to love about America, the abundance of unreasonable hope.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck

“She had learned the lesson of renunciation and was as familiar with the wreck of each day's wishes as with the diurnal setting of the sun.”
― The Mayor of Casterbridge
― The Mayor of Casterbridge

“A human brain is encased in a skull and each human exists in separete body so it seems like there is always going to be a feeling of disconnect. One human being will never completely understand what another human is thinking or feeling”
― Alone with Other People
― Alone with Other People

“The Tanzanian told her that all fiction was therapy, some sort of therapy, no matter what anybody said.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
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