Rafael Yglesias Quotes

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

Had any parent ever succeeded in hiding marital unhappiness from their child?

After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.