Emily Dunlay > Quotes

“And I know what that feels like, too, to have time you remember but can never get back. Maybe this is one way books are better than people, one of many ways, which is that we can print them and copy them again and again, and reread them, and every time the words appear in exactly the same order as they were first put down.”
― Emily Dunlay, The Library of Leaving

“It’s frustrating: you want these men to be the masters of the universe they claim to be, you want them to be in complete control of the world they do such damage in, but then they don’t know not to give their secretary roses for her birthday or how to pronounce hors d’oeuvres.”
― Emily Dunlay, Teddy

“All I wanted, I suppose, was for him to tell me I looked beautiful.”
― Emily Dunlay, Teddy

“I had thought there would be time to become someone better, later on. I had thought this was only the beginning.”
― Emily Dunlay, The Library of Leaving

“I suppose it’s one of the many things you have to get comfortable with, if you want to keep going. All the doors that close behind you. Stories that could never have been yours.”
― Emily Dunlay, The Library of Leaving

“The right dress, the right hairstyle and accessories, and I knew I could be perfect at the party. That was one thing I knew: how to dress up, how to look just right. How to speak to the wealthy and powerful, how to behave at a formal dinner, how to make my husband look impressive to his colleagues because of how brilliant and beautiful and charming I was.”
― Emily Dunlay, Teddy