There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.
—Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Tag: novel
Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?
—Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
—Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
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It was growing dark, and somehow the shadows made it feel as if all the trees had taken a collective step towards the house, edging in to shut out the sky.
—Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood
The realization that he was utterly powerless was like the blow of a sledgehammer, yet it was curiously calming as well.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
People don’t always want to be with people. It gets tiring.
—Emma Donoghue, Room
Claire wondered about her youth. This was it, she supposed, and it seemed that it would go on and on and on. It wasn’t a pleasant thought. It was like walking across a desert without a hat.
—Cheryl Strayed, Torch
Fear dims when you learn things.
—Lois Lowry, Son
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