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“Tell me everything!" she'd cry, salivating. Poor Reva. She might actually have thought I was capable of sharing things. "Friends forever?" She'd want us to make some sacred pact. She always wanted to make pacts. "Let's make a pact to have brunch at least twice a month. Let's promise to go for a walk through Central Park every Saturday. Let's have a daily call-time. Will you swear to take a ski trip this year? It burns so many calories.”

Humor Friendship Relationship Friends Satire Cliche Pact Ottessa Moshfegh My Year Of Rest And Relaxation Closed Off

Book:My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Source: My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“I started to build a home with all the walls I was putting up for myself, but when I was finished, I realized I had built a cage and didn’t make a key.”

Life Feelings Home Emotions Key Walls Cage Closed Off

Book:Hey Humanity

Source: Hey Humanity

“Bereavement is my occupation and it absorbs me completely. You want me to touch you, to look at you with sympathy. I cannot.”

Grief Obsession Iris Murdoch Impossibility Bereavement Unfeeling Closed Off

Book:The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

Source: The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

“I needed nothing and was needed nowhere. I almost doubted I was alive.”

Isolated Dead Unwanted Unreality Catherine Lacey The Answers Closed Off Unneeded

Book:The Answers

Source: The Answers

“There's a hedge maze here?" Rose asked. Hart moved his shoulders in a way that didn't exactly answer her question. "Can I see it?" "The sun's already down,"he said. "It's not a good idea to go in there in the dark." Rose wasn't sure why, but he'd gone from an open, blooming flower to suddenly closed off, all thorns. Here was the crack in Hart's perfect facade that Rose had been hunting for.”

Hiding Something Closed Off

Book:Of Earthly Delights

Source: Of Earthly Delights