Lapvona

Book by Ottessa Moshfegh · 7 quotes · Blood, Bloodshed, Bones

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“What scared her were other people and their immovable selfishness”

People Fear Scared Selfish Selfishness

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“When she asked the birds what to do, they answered that they didn't know anything about love, that love was a distinctly human defect which God had created to counterbalance the power of human greed.”

Love God Greed Defect

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“Blood was the wine of the spirit, was it not?”

Spirit Blood Wine

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“Marek lay back. He felt the warmth from the sun on his face, and felt his back relax a bit against the hard stone floor. 'Do you think my bones are right?' he asked Villiam. 'Please, don't ask me about bones. Tonight, we will only talk about normal things.' Marek nodded. He had no idea what that meant. The wine had made him a bit softer in his mind, but no wiser.”

Humour Bones Lapvonian Moshfegh

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“Marek left the square and walked calmly now, a feeling of goodness tingling in his left arm, which he took to mean that he had earned a bit of grace while the rest of the village had reviled the bandit and suffered now in darkness, laying down the dead, who were, unlike the rest of them, at peace.”

Religious Horror

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“Strange, he thought next, that fire hurts to the touch. Fire gives light. Shouldn’t the darkness hurt instead? Hell ought to be pure darkness. Nothingness.”

Light Darkness Hell Fire Lapvona

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“He’d seen a lot of blood today. That was all right. Blood was the wine of the spirit, was it not?”

Violence Blood Indifference Bloodshed

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