Shining stars linked together through time. A constellation of murder.

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: constellation



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Six foot eight and all asshole.

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: upstanding-citizen



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Grown-up relationships are complicated. We got what we needed from each other. Passion. A safety net. Some kind of solace. It's lonely out there. But it ran its course. It was lovely while it lasted. But everything is finite. Life. Love. All this. Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness. - Rachel Mazrachi

Lauren Beukes


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That's what I thought" he said. "It doesn't change anything, Zinzi". He moved to kiss me, but as I tilted my head up, he pressed the mango against my lips instead. "Idiot" I said, wiping my mouth, mainly to hide my smile. "Adulterer", he grinned. "Unwitting accomplice!" "You weren't so unwitting last night. And besides polygamie is legal in Congo." "Did I call you an idiot already?" "Only as much as I deserve." This time he did kiss me. I handed over twelve bucks for the mango and tucked myself under his arm, forcing Sloth to shuffle over begrudgingly. "Are we a terrible cliché?" "Isn't everybody?" he said.

Lauren Beukes


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We do this to ourselves. Society is a poisonous hamster wheel.

Lauren Beukes


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The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of it.

Lauren Beukes


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Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: memory forgetting



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There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random.

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: chaos randomness pattern-recognition



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(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: life happiness love sadness



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It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.

Lauren Beukes

Stichwörter: reality others being



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