"It's the very awfulness of [murder] that makes reading about it feel so cozy."

-- Louise Doughty

#Reading Quotes #Cozy Quotes #Murder Quotes

“The paperless society is about as plausible as the paperless bathroom.”
“I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!”
“Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers.”
“Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.”
“It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of my hands, and then it was pressed against the skin of my cheek. I hoped that I was fainting, but, to my disappointment, I didn't lose consciousness. The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.”
“Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.”
“The best musicians in the world were raised on the same kind of music I was raised on and that is black, soulful, authoritative, ultra-tight, ferocious, uppity, defiant music that from the Howlin' Wolf, the Muddy Waters, the Lightnin' Hopkins, the Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard.”
“What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!”

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