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Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: The idea that my brains could be untangled, straightened out, and thus refashioned into a state of peace and sanity was a comforting fantasy.

The idea that my brains could be untangled, straightened out, and thus refashioned into a state of peace and sanity was a comforting fantasy.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: It's easy to tell the dirtiest minds - look for the cleanest fingernails.

It's easy to tell the dirtiest minds - look for the cleanest fingernails.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: A grown woman is like a coyote--she can get by on very little. Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness

A grown woman is like a coyote--she can get by on very little. Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: If you look at the horror genre, that work is all about making people uncomfortable by stimulating our fear of death.

If you look at the horror genre, that work is all about making people uncomfortable by stimulating our fear of death.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.

My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: People truly engaged in life have messy houses.

People truly engaged in life have messy houses.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.

I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I love art because I feel that it's evidence of the great shared universal power. I like art that feels real, that cuts the bullshit.

I love art because I feel that it's evidence of the great shared universal power. I like art that feels real, that cuts the bullshit.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I've always known what I'm meant to do. The path of my life has been about discovering what I need to do to support myself as a writer.

I've always known what I'm meant to do. The path of my life has been about discovering what I need to do to support myself as a writer.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I didn't like dogs. Not because they scared me - they didn't - but because their deaths were so much harder to take than people's.

I didn't like dogs. Not because they scared me - they didn't - but because their deaths were so much harder to take than people's.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I couldn't be bothered to deal with fixing things. I preferred to wallow in the problem, dream of better days.

I couldn't be bothered to deal with fixing things. I preferred to wallow in the problem, dream of better days.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.

Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I didn't believe in heaven, but I did believe in hell.

I didn't believe in heaven, but I did believe in hell.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: Anyway, I don't trust those people who poke around sad people's minds and tell them how interesting it all is up there. It's not interesting.

Anyway, I don't trust those people who poke around sad people's minds and tell them how interesting it all is up there. It's not interesting.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I hoped they saw right through my death mask to my sad and fiery soul, though I doubt they saw me at all.

I hoped they saw right through my death mask to my sad and fiery soul, though I doubt they saw me at all.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: Some families are so sick, so twisted, the only way out is for someone to die.

Some families are so sick, so twisted, the only way out is for someone to die.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I learned the long way about love, tried every house on the block before I got it right. Now, finally, I love alone.

I learned the long way about love, tried every house on the block before I got it right. Now, finally, I love alone.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: That is what I imagined life to be-one long sentence of waiting out the clock.

That is what I imagined life to be-one long sentence of waiting out the clock.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: A friend is someone who helps you hide the body - that

A friend is someone who helps you hide the body - that

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I've heard a sip of gin will make you immune to mosquitoes and other pests.

I've heard a sip of gin will make you immune to mosquitoes and other pests.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: I've always really enjoyed sharing my work with others. I find it really hard if I don't think the work will exist outside of my own apartment.

I've always really enjoyed sharing my work with others. I find it really hard if I don't think the work will exist outside of my own apartment.

Ottessa Moshfegh quotes: It's remarkable what people become blind to when they're in such darkness.

It's remarkable what people become blind to when they're in such darkness.