estrangement Quotes

“You’ve always been a tourist here, you just didn’t know it.”

“Going back to the Home was out … It’s not like it was when I first got there, shucks, half the folks that run it don’t even tell you their name and don’t remember yours unless you’re in trouble all the time or getting ready to move out. ”

“Inside the house, my parents did whatever banal, messy things people in the human world usually did, some of it loudly. But I could easily lose myself in the microworld of the pool.”

“Estrangement from the collective consciousness of humanity’s wisdom is just one more thing that sets scythes apart from others.”