Lydia Kang

“a funeral reminds you to be alive, doesn’t it? It slaps you across the face and points out that there’s still warm…

— Lydia Kang

“The terribly tragic outcome of Halsted’s experiments with cocaine was his own addiction. The doctor began injecting cocaine directly into his veins…

— Lydia Kang

“Allene never knew that murder could make Monday mornings so wonderful. It”

— Lydia Kang

“It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . . are the ones made precious by our love of the giver.”

— Lydia Kang

“His speed was so mighty that once he accidentally sliced off the testicles of the patient. A free castration, to boot! Another…

— Lydia Kang

“She had the sort of beauty that left you bleeding internally after gazing for too long.”

— Lydia Kang

“Heppenheimer’s Shoppe was now the Stars and Stripes, trying to convince its customers that the owners were patriots, begging them not to…

— Lydia Kang

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and…

— Lydia Kang

“Today, we now know that overconsumption of gin—or really any alcohol—can also lead to “gin blossoms.” Yes, sometimes that means a late-night…

— Lydia Kang

“With the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the United States cracked down on false and misleading labels, unsafe ingredients in…

— Lydia Kang

“Trust no one, I scold myself. Even if they smell good.”

— Lydia Kang

“It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . . are the ones made precious by our love of the giver.” Allene”

— Lydia Kang

“He knew what it was to have orphan status thrust upon you. Like someone had pushed you through a door, locked it,…

— Lydia Kang

“She was astonished at how lies had entirely filtered her vision for the last several weeks. Years, even.”

— Lydia Kang

“But it was tiring, so tiring to never be in full possession of yourself. She was a woman, after all. It was…

— Lydia Kang

“Acceptissima semper, munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit.” Mr. Rossi turned to Ernie for a translation. “It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . .…

— Lydia Kang

“What's the meaning of life?" "I have been programmed by Hexus to reply 'meatballs,'" it says.”

— Lydia Kang

“Then there were antimony pills. Unlike our one-use pharmaceuticals today, these metal pills were heavy, and after passing through the bowels they…

— Lydia Kang

“Funerals should be between a single person (dead) and a single person (alive) and ought to involve a discussion that no one…

— Lydia Kang

“A young man propped up a ladder to capture photographs of the scene, yawning afterward. Death in Manhattan must be a rather…

— Lydia Kang

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and…

— Lydia Kang