I weaned myself on the nostalgia equivalent of methadone (less addictive, less obvious, less likely to make you crazy): missing what I had never had.
Tana FrenchThis is the one thing I hope: that she never stopped. I hope when her body couldn't run any farther she left it behind like everything else that tried to hold her down, she floored the pedal and she went like wildfire, streamed down night freeways with both hands off the wheel and her head back screaming to the sky like a lynx, white lines and green lights whipping away into the dark, her tires inches off the ground and freedom crashing up her spine.
Tana FrenchBeing easily freaked out comes with its own special skill set: you develop subtle tricks to work around it, make sure people don't notice. Pretty soon, if you're a fast learner, you can get through the day looking almost exactly like a normal human being.
Tana FrenchI have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.
Tana FrenchOur entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their dรฉcor, their clothes, everything โ taking it for granted that thatโs the whole point of life. Never to be satisfied. If you are perfectly happy with what you got, especially if what you got isnโt even all the spectacular then youโre dangerous. Youโre breaking all the rules. Youโre undermining the sacred economy. Youโre challenging every assumption that society is built on.
Tana French