What an incredible exploration of psyche in literary form. Astonishing, disturbing.
“Feelings are always ridiculous, especially when unauthorized people get their hands on them.”
“Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate.”
“She believes that one should not kowtow to fashion: instead, fashion should kowtow to what looks good on you and what doesn’t.”
“Dismayed, Erika pictures herself as a numb hole, six feet of space, disintegrating in the earth. The hole that she despised and neglected has now taken full possession of her. She is nothing. And there is nothing left for her.”
“He now senses what it means to introduce the uncertainty factor of someone else’s self into his own intricate game.”
and just to lighten the mood:
“Maybe that’ll put an end to her awful flutiness.” 😂
