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" She couldn't or simply wouldn't understand why I wanted to sleep all the time, and she was always rubbing my nose in her moral high ground and telling me to 'face the music' about whatever bad habit I'd been stuck on at the time. The summer I started sleeping, Reva admonished me for 'squandering my bikini body.' 'Smoking kills.' 'You should get out more.' 'Are you getting enough protein in your diet?' Et cetera. "

Ottessa Moshfegh , My Year of Rest and Relaxation


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Ottessa Moshfegh quote : She couldn't or simply <i>wouldn't</i> understand why I wanted to sleep all the time, and she was always rubbing my nose in her moral high ground and telling me to 'face the music' about whatever bad habit I'd been stuck on at the time. The summer I started sleeping, Reva admonished me for 'squandering my bikini body.' 'Smoking <i>kills</i>.' 'You should get out more.' 'Are you getting enough protein in your diet?' Et cetera.