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1 " Did he bleed?Well, of course. He took on a human form. That always makes them vulnerable, becoming human. "
― Eliza Victoria , A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories
2 " Justice can only be delivered by someone who doesn't care to about how much he's paid, or where he is in the chain of command. Someone who's ego won't be inflated by grandeur or power. Someone who won't be influenced by this guy's being the CEO of this or his being the Mayor of that. And let's face it: that someone couldn't be human. "
― Eliza Victoria , Project 17
3 " Weren’t all ‘young’ people the same? Disillusioned, world-weary, bored out of their minds? The constant need for adventure, that constant need to ridicule suburban life and jobs that keep you desk bound and microwavable food and comfort.Everything was fake and every day had to be a day closer to the genuine. They were always single, these ‘young’ people, childless, unattached, maybe rich. Selfish. He remembered being 'young’ and being horribly, horribly selfish. How infinite he felt. Now he found comfort in the predictability of the train. But he didn’t miss his old self. Even then he knew he was lost. "
4 " So the secret to success is in choosing your battles.""Isn't that the secret to everything?" Matias said. "
― Eliza Victoria , Nightfall
5 " They think that one little corner of the internet is private enough. "
― Eliza Victoria , Dwellers: A Novel: Winner of the Philippine National Book Award
6 " They recycle. Cooking oil comes in plastic Coke bottles, vinegar in ketchup containers. The correct ingredients in incorrect vessels. Like Louis and me "
7 " ...the world looks at us, points at me and says I eat like a monster. I did not create this body - it was given to me. "
8 " Alice ate the Eat Me Cake, the foolish slut "
9 " Let's say my name is Jonah and he is Louis.Even here, in this story, I can't make myself tell you our real names. "
10 " All in the name of science and dangerous curiosity "
11 " Well, the stupid kids were able to figure out who we really are. "
12 " Justice can only be delivered by someone who doesn't care about how much he's paid, or where he is in the chain of command. Someone who's ego won't be inflated by grandeur or power. Someone who wont be influenced by this guy's being a CEO of this or his being a Mayor of that. And let's face it: that someone couldn't be human. "
― Eliza Victoria
13 " People lose things every day. Most just give up looking and forget. "
14 " Did he bleed?""Well, of course. He took on a human form. That always make them vulnerable, becoming human. "
15 " The logical thing to do during our short lives is to save the world we find ourselves in. Make it at least livable. Spend our finite energy pressuring governments to focus on the environment. But the world is large. "
16 " You see? We are doomed because we are all connected. But alone, we won't survive. So we are all doomed. Even if you follow all the rules, someone, somewhere, won't, and it will be the end of you "
17 " So the goal, Ivy, is not to be rich, or to save the planet or to help other people, but to live now. To find joy now. "
18 " Look at you: all you ever wanted was to tell Meryl how you really feel. but you decided not to tell her that because, what? It will break your Catholic mother's heart? You are afraid? Twenty years or twenty minutes from now you will be dead and what do you get out of denying yourself what you want? Nothing "
