Diana Raabe

“...the whole universe is contagious if you look at it long enough. Just opening your eyes puts you in front of a mirror, psychologically speaking. Garbage in, garbage out. Or rather, garbage goes in, but you never get rid of it. It just lies there turning to dust and slowly wafting a thin layer of grime on to every other object in your brain. Scraping the gunk off is not only a major challenge, but the chief burden of human existence. that's why I keep things so clean. Otherwise I would see little flecks of [ ] shit everywhere I looked ...”
― Nell Zink

“She was young the way an actual young person is young.”
― Nell Zink, The Wallcreeper

“Her social position at Safeway was better than it was at home.”
― Nell Zink, Mislaid

“I wanted to hear my own whispers in the next room and know that I was thinking of me.”
― Nell Zink, The Wallcreeper