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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I don’t like the term ‘dream journal,’” she told me at our in-person appointment in June. “I prefer ’night vision log.”

451. “I don’t like the term ‘dream journal,’” she told me at our in-person appointment in June. “I prefer ’night vision log.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Maybe she should keep the baby, I thought. Maybe a baby would wake her up.”

452. “Maybe she should keep the baby, I thought. Maybe a baby would wake her up.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “The air in there was heavy with the perfume of cheap cleaning detergents and mildew.”

453. “The air in there was heavy with the perfume of cheap cleaning detergents and mildew.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Life itself was like a book borrowed from a library, something that didn’t belong to me and was due to expire.”

454. “Life itself was like a book borrowed from a library, something that didn’t belong to me and was due to expire.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “My thoughts were banal.”

455. “My thoughts were banal.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “They made her do the worst of the work at the abbey – cleaning the latrines, slaughtering the animals, sleeping with the dogs at night. God had not appeared to her in all that time. So she preferred to stay faithless rather than hold on to a fantasy. It.”

456. “They made her do the worst of the work at the abbey – cleaning the latrines, slaughtering the animals, sleeping with the dogs at night. God had not appeared to her in all that time. So she preferred to stay faithless rather than hold on to a fantasy. It.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “He liked to tell me that I was the source of my own misery, that I was choosing to believe that my life was limited, boring. He explained that everything was possible, and moreover, everything – every thing and scenario – existed in infinite versions throughout the galaxies and beyond. I knew it was a childish belief, but I had adopted it anyway. Imagining infinite realities made whatever nuisance I had to withstand more tolerable. I was more than myself.”

457. “He liked to tell me that I was the source of my own misery, that I was choosing to believe that my life was limited, boring. He explained that everything was possible, and moreover, everything – every thing and scenario – existed in infinite versions throughout the galaxies and beyond. I knew it was a childish belief, but I had adopted it anyway. Imagining infinite realities made whatever nuisance I had to withstand more tolerable. I was more than myself.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I really despised him, everyone.”

458. “I really despised him, everyone.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I’d never planned on working all my life. I’d had this fantasy that I’d get married and suddenly find a calling beyond the humiliating need to make a living. Art or charity work, babies – something like that.”

459. “I’d never planned on working all my life. I’d had this fantasy that I’d get married and suddenly find a calling beyond the humiliating need to make a living. Art or charity work, babies – something like that.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “There was no sadness or nostalgia, only disgust that I’d wasted so much time on unnecessary labor when I could have been sleeping and feeling nothing.”

460. “There was no sadness or nostalgia, only disgust that I’d wasted so much time on unnecessary labor when I could have been sleeping and feeling nothing.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “And when I was awake, I wasn’t fully so, but in a kind of murk, a dim state between the real and the dream. I got sloppy and lazy at work, grayer, emptier, less there. This pleased me, but having to do things became very problematic. When people spoke, I had to repeat what they’d said in my mind before understanding it.”

461. “And when I was awake, I wasn’t fully so, but in a kind of murk, a dim state between the real and the dream. I got sloppy and lazy at work, grayer, emptier, less there. This pleased me, but having to do things became very problematic. When people spoke, I had to repeat what they’d said in my mind before understanding it.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “And if she just wants to major in English or something like that, it doesn’t really matter where she goes.”

462. “And if she just wants to major in English or something like that, it doesn’t really matter where she goes.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I skipped out down the shoveled path and into the black and sparkling wet street. I was on my way to meet my destiny.”

463. “I skipped out down the shoveled path and into the black and sparkling wet street. I was on my way to meet my destiny.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Sometimes something new can remind you of something you lost.”

464. “Sometimes something new can remind you of something you lost.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I was never allowed to have any pets. Sometimes I think a puppy might have changed everything.”

465. “I was never allowed to have any pets. Sometimes I think a puppy might have changed everything.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Women killed children all the time. They are the closest to them and suffer the most having to raise them up.”

466. “Women killed children all the time. They are the closest to them and suffer the most having to raise them up.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “She wasn’t resting. She was not in a state of peace. She was in no state, not being. The peace to be had, I thought, watching them pull the sheet over her head, was mine.”

467. “She wasn’t resting. She was not in a state of peace. She was in no state, not being. The peace to be had, I thought, watching them pull the sheet over her head, was mine.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I wondered if they’d watched the grapes wither and shrivel up, if they’d had to go to the market to replace them, and if, before they threw the shriveled strand of grapes away, they’d eaten a few.”

468. “I wondered if they’d watched the grapes wither and shrivel up, if they’d had to go to the market to replace them, and if, before they threw the shriveled strand of grapes away, they’d eaten a few.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Beauty is the devil’s shade.”

469. “Beauty is the devil’s shade.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “They’ll twist your nose until it smells death in a bed of roses.”

470. “They’ll twist your nose until it smells death in a bed of roses.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I imagine they were as bored as I was, but they indulged themselves in sugar in dime store paper bags.”

471. “I imagine they were as bored as I was, but they indulged themselves in sugar in dime store paper bags.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I held the phone close to my heart, caught my breath. I could have squealed with delight. If you’ve been in love, you know this kind of exquisite anticipation, this ecstasy. I was on the brink of something, and I could feel it. I suppose I was in love with Rebecca. She awoke in my heart some long-sleeping dragon. I’ve never felt that fire burning like that again. That day was without a doubt the most exciting day of my life.”

472. “I held the phone close to my heart, caught my breath. I could have squealed with delight. If you’ve been in love, you know this kind of exquisite anticipation, this ecstasy. I was on the brink of something, and I could feel it. I suppose I was in love with Rebecca. She awoke in my heart some long-sleeping dragon. I’ve never felt that fire burning like that again. That day was without a doubt the most exciting day of my life.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I drank a bottle down and had Johnson pay for a few more and I opened the next one and passed it to Johnson and he took a swig and winced and laughed and passed it back to me, and that was it.”

473. “I drank a bottle down and had Johnson pay for a few more and I opened the next one and passed it to Johnson and he took a swig and winced and laughed and passed it back to me, and that was it.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “The bandit didn’t struggle or curse. He said only ‘God forgive you’, the same words Marek had said to him a few days earlier.”

474. “The bandit didn’t struggle or curse. He said only ‘God forgive you’, the same words Marek had said to him a few days earlier.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Hell was the only destination she ever used in her metaphors.”

475. “Hell was the only destination she ever used in her metaphors.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “When you die, leave not a trace. Sweep up any evidence of your existence.”

476. “When you die, leave not a trace. Sweep up any evidence of your existence.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I love you.” Maybe she did, and that’s why I hated her.”

477. “I love you.” Maybe she did, and that’s why I hated her.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “She was empty. ‘I am an object in the room,’ she had told herself. ‘That is all that I am.’ This belief spared her the agony of her own intelligence while she was a slave to the nuns.”

478. “She was empty. ‘I am an object in the room,’ she had told herself. ‘That is all that I am.’ This belief spared her the agony of her own intelligence while she was a slave to the nuns.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I am glad that my love is greater than your vanity.”

479. “I am glad that my love is greater than your vanity.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “It was the particular sadness of a young woman who has lost her mother–complex and angry and soft, yet oddly hopeful.”

480. “It was the particular sadness of a young woman who has lost her mother–complex and angry and soft, yet oddly hopeful.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “And what did Grigor really want from Villiam? An apology? All lords were corrupt. If he wanted to live freely, he would have to live like Ina lived, in a hovel. Poverty had its limitations, but if you had nothing, there was nothing to be stolen. He.”

481. “And what did Grigor really want from Villiam? An apology? All lords were corrupt. If he wanted to live freely, he would have to live like Ina lived, in a hovel. Poverty had its limitations, but if you had nothing, there was nothing to be stolen. He.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I would miss that old library. I couldn’t realize at the time how those books had saved me.”

482. “I would miss that old library. I couldn’t realize at the time how those books had saved me.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “That was how life seemed to be finding things to do to pass the time. The less I’d looked at the clock, the better I knew I’d enjoyed my day.”

483. “That was how life seemed to be finding things to do to pass the time. The less I’d looked at the clock, the better I knew I’d enjoyed my day.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “He knew how to manipulate me – I had to respect him for that at least, however much I hated him for it.”

484. “He knew how to manipulate me – I had to respect him for that at least, however much I hated him for it.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “There was to be no narrative that I could follow, no pieces for me to put together. Even a shade of cuiosity could sabotage my mission to clear my mind, purge my associations, refresh and renew the cells in my brain, my eyes, my nerves, my heart.”

485. “There was to be no narrative that I could follow, no pieces for me to put together. Even a shade of cuiosity could sabotage my mission to clear my mind, purge my associations, refresh and renew the cells in my brain, my eyes, my nerves, my heart.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I’m not saying he was an idiot. He was just like me: anything good made him want to die. That’s a characteristic some smart people have.”

486. “I’m not saying he was an idiot. He was just like me: anything good made him want to die. That’s a characteristic some smart people have.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “But really, by this point, I think I had resigned myself to fate. No stupid movie would save me.”

487. “But really, by this point, I think I had resigned myself to fate. No stupid movie would save me.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I heard a child ask his young mother, pointing to a bird that looked like a psychedelic crow. Its feathers were iridescent black, a rainbow reflected in the gleaming darkness, eyes bright white and alive, vigilant. “A grackle,” the woman replied.”

488. “I heard a child ask his young mother, pointing to a bird that looked like a psychedelic crow. Its feathers were iridescent black, a rainbow reflected in the gleaming darkness, eyes bright white and alive, vigilant. “A grackle,” the woman replied.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I wanted the old half life back.”

489. “I wanted the old half life back.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I didn’t want her to leave. The white glare off the overhead light gleamed across her collarbones. She was beautiful, with all her nerves and all her complicated, circuitous feelings and contradictions and fears.”

490. “I didn’t want her to leave. The white glare off the overhead light gleamed across her collarbones. She was beautiful, with all her nerves and all her complicated, circuitous feelings and contradictions and fears.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “He had flattered me, and reminded me that my stupidity and vanity were still well intact.”

491. “He had flattered me, and reminded me that my stupidity and vanity were still well intact.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Days slipped by obliquely, with little to remember... Nothing seemed really real. Sleeping, waking, it all collided into one gray, monotonous plane ride through the clouds.”

492. “Days slipped by obliquely, with little to remember... Nothing seemed really real. Sleeping, waking, it all collided into one gray, monotonous plane ride through the clouds.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “What I mean to say is that I was not fundamentally unattractive. I was just invisible.”

493. “What I mean to say is that I was not fundamentally unattractive. I was just invisible.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “The very fact that other people moved their bowels filled me with awe.” p. 110-111.”

494. “The very fact that other people moved their bowels filled me with awe.” p. 110-111.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “Once Villiam caught his breath, he thanked the nun, promised her fine hospitality as long as she cared to stay, and then went on eating, a bit more carefully this time, engaging the priest in a long discussion of hell, its landscape, its economy, what kind of house the Devil lived in, how he managed his servants, and how he had escaped into the realm of Earth. And then he asked, as though he might be serious, ‘How long will God keep heaven’s gate closed? Hypothetically speaking.”

495. “Once Villiam caught his breath, he thanked the nun, promised her fine hospitality as long as she cared to stay, and then went on eating, a bit more carefully this time, engaging the priest in a long discussion of hell, its landscape, its economy, what kind of house the Devil lived in, how he managed his servants, and how he had escaped into the realm of Earth. And then he asked, as though he might be serious, ‘How long will God keep heaven’s gate closed? Hypothetically speaking.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “The sound of tires on the wet pavement. A window was open so I could hear it. The sweet smell of spring crept in. The world was out there still, but I hadn’t looked at it in months. It was too much to consider it all, stretching out, a circular planet covered in creatures and things growing, all of it spinning slowly on an axis created by what-some freak accident? It seemed implausible. The world could be flat just as easily as it could be round. Who could prove anything?”

496. “The sound of tires on the wet pavement. A window was open so I could hear it. The sweet smell of spring crept in. The world was out there still, but I hadn’t looked at it in months. It was too much to consider it all, stretching out, a circular planet covered in creatures and things growing, all of it spinning slowly on an axis created by what-some freak accident? It seemed implausible. The world could be flat just as easily as it could be round. Who could prove anything?”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “She was a slave to vanity and status, which was not unusual in a place like Manhattan, but I found her desperation especially irritating. It made it hard for me to respect her intelligence.”

497. “She was a slave to vanity and status, which was not unusual in a place like Manhattan, but I found her desperation especially irritating. It made it hard for me to respect her intelligence.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “It’s a romantic story and it may not be accurate at this point since I’ve gone over it again and again for years whenever I’ve felt it necessary or useful to cry. Looking.”

498. “It’s a romantic story and it may not be accurate at this point since I’ve gone over it again and again for years whenever I’ve felt it necessary or useful to cry. Looking.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “She workshipped me, but she also hated me.”

499. “She workshipped me, but she also hated me.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh Quote: “I desperately hoped I could avoid ever having to resemble a grown woman. I didn’t see that any good could come of that.”

500. “I desperately hoped I could avoid ever having to resemble a grown woman. I didn’t see that any good could come of that.”

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