Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

We couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm.

All wisdom ends in paradox.

The following doodle: a girl with pigtails is bent under the weight of a gigantic boulder. Her cheeks puff out, and her rounded lips expel steam. One widening steam cloud contains the word Pressure, darkly retraced.

Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.

that since Cecilia’s suicide, the Lisbon’s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep

She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.