“There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other. I’m terrified of myself – and of my mother in me. Is her madness in my blood? Is it? Am I going to – No. Stop. Stop – I’m not writing about that. I’m not.”

“There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other. I’m terrified of myself – and of my mother in me. Is her madness in my blood? Is it? Am I going to – No. Stop. Stop – I’m not writing about that. I’m not.”

— Alex Michaelides