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01Undated

After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

02Undated

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

03Undated

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

04Undated

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

05Undated

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

06Undated

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

07Undated

Had any parent ever succeeded in hiding marital unhappiness from their child?

Rafael Yglesias / quote

08Undated

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

Rafael Yglesias / quote

09Undated

The world is chock-full of monsters.

Rafael Yglesias / quote