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Dissonance

Book by Megan Farison · 9 quotes · Science Fiction, Scifi, Space Opera

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“Chris's apartment was like a time capsule, and every time I stepped through the door I became one of its many preserved fixtures, reprising my role as the submissive starry-eyed girl, again and again and again.”

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“Memories of Chris were like songs I couldn't get out of my head, a greatest hits album that played in a never ending loop morning, afternoon, and night.”

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“Something was wrong, and I didn't know how to explain it in a way anyone would understand. It was as if there was an invisible thread between me and Chris, connecting us, and it didn't matter that he was over a thousand miles away in Florida. He was with me everywhere I went, invading my mind and body, stealing the life I could have had.”

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“I told Ian, "When I think of sexual assault, I think of a child lying in their bed and someone coming into their room at night." Ian's voice hardened. "I think of a girl being locked in a band room by her teacher.”

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“Becca hesitated, as if contemplating a move on a chessboard. "Do you know what Stockholm syndrome is?”

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“I interpreted his heartbeat to be some sort of Morse code for his feelings, but maybe I was imagining substance where there was only air.”

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“One woman reminded me of you. The day she testified, she woke up still wondering whose side she was going to be on.”

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“We lived separate lives, but I believed wholeheartedly that we shared the same reality.”

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“Somewhere, buried under the trauma and grief, I must have known—the problem wasn't that Ian didn't love me. The problem was the lens through which I viewed love.”

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