"I was feeling like I'd been born in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. I don't believe that anymore, not coincidentally two years after writing Eileen. I think that was the driving curiosity for me, thinking about real and fictional characters who could respond to that problem."

-- Ottessa Moshfegh

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“Fear hath the common fault of a justice of peace, and is apt to conclude hastily from every slight circumstance, without examining the evidence on both sides.”
“What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?”
“We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.”

Source : Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.15, Harper Collins
“Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. If someone hurts you repeatedly, you are commanded by God to forgive them instantly, but you are not expected to trust them immediately, and you are not expected to continue allowing them to hurt you.”
“I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but I do not love Congress.”

Source : "Indiana's Bayh To Retire From Senate". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. February 15, 2010.
“I'm a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.”
“I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to people of faith, or who are currently practicing.”
“The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species.”

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