“The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
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Elena Ferrante
,
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The Days of Abandonment
Source: The Days of Abandonment
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