Téa Obreht

“Goddamn,” he kept saying, with this strange little faraway smile, “but you can’t die when you never even seen the ocean.” What a strange thing to say. Was that where we’d been headed all this time? And would that have been my want—to see the ocean? I couldn’t tell.

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Inland

What we see with our hearts is often far truer than what we see with our eyes.

Téa Obreht

Inland

Perhaps the old folks had been right—getting mawkish about one’s life, no matter its substance, took nothing but time.

Téa Obreht

Inland

The older she grew the more she came to recognize falsehood as the preservative that allowed the world to maintain its shape.

Téa Obreht

Inland

It struck her at some point that all life must necessarily feed on willful delusion.

Téa Obreht

Inland

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