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“You cannot!' Tatiana said sharply. 'If you order a gun there is only a single shot, and once delivered the doors are locked and will not open until it has been fired.”
― The Zombie Room
― The Zombie Room

“Pero cuando la fe desaparece, cuando comprendes que ni siquiera te queda las esperanza de recuperar la esperanza, entonces tiendes a llenar los espacios vacíos con sueños, pequeña fantasías y cuentos infantiles que te ayuden a sobrevivir.”
― In the Country of Last Things
― In the Country of Last Things

“I don't know how much you understand about what is happening outside your locked room, but strangely enough (despite your personality), you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf. I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. We will be holding an annual dinner at which we'll have fun talking crap about you. (No, you're not invited).”
― The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
― The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

“I hate this stinking little butt crack of a town!”
― Mysterious Skin
― Mysterious Skin

“The evasions of her little novel were exactly those of her life. Everything she did not wish to confront was also missing from her novella--and was necessary to it.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
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