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“Family time can put a strain on the mentally deranged." She clucked her tongue as though out of pity.”

Book:My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh is a contemporary American author known for her unique narrative style and profound psychological insights. Her works often explore themes of loneliness, alienation, and moral dilemmas in modern society. more

“At meals Mama and Papa would observe each other from opposite ends of the long table, and Mama's grey eyes would fly angry silences at Papa, who would catch them in his enormous mustache. Their marriage was a tall column of pain, like a fluted vase. Balanced precariously on the fricative point at which Mama's personality met Papa's chin, it was always about to fall over and smash.”

Relationships Marriage Childhood Memory Unhappy Family

Book:Glass: A Novel

Source: Glass: A Novel

“Jambo kubwa unaloweza kuwafanyia wenzako ni mfano.”

Example Mfano

Author:Enock Maregesi

“There I were, Talking to you in the language of sunsets. I wanted to hold that luminous wind in my hair, to burst across the horizons and glow. There you were, like a minute flowing out of an hour, In the big air, Separating me from myself.”

Romance Love Quotes Longing Separation Melancholy Love Hurts Love Poem Missing Someone Sad Love Contemporary Poetry

Author:Monica Laura Rapeanu

“As sunlight is for flowers, and sustenance for the mortal shell, music is for the human soul.”

Music Richelle Goodrich Richelle E Goodrich Richelle Music Quotes The Power Of Music

Book:Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Songs and hymns refresh the body. Hymns invoke the spirit to rise to its maker for strength. When we live in a day without a hymn or a song, we disregard the essence of the day”

Hymns The Arduous Errand Songs Of Power

Author:Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“if love only belongs to the life, why life is so short and death feels more timeless and completely separates our closeness? if so, why love doesn't belong to the death instead?”

Love Life Death Separates

Author:Aditia Rinaldi

“Why were you anxious to be divorced from your husband?” the DA demanded. “I had no love for him,” Alice replied.”

Murder Turn Of The Century Unsolved Mystery

Book:Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

Source: Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

“When he looked in the mirror, he was startled by his physical transformation. In just a few years, his face had lost its healthy glow, and his strength had faded, leaving a pale, bloated, trembling version of himself behind that he did not recognize. The tired, bloodshot eyes in the mirror glared back at him. He would go to the Keeley Institute to cure his drinking habit while he was still able to salvage his family and himself.”

Addiction Turn Of The Century Unsolved Mystery

Book:Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

Source: Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

“The righteous God is not only a revealer but a regulator of things.”

God Wise Sayings Regulator Revealer

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

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