Genevieve Novak

“There's some sick and painful satisfaction in being handed confirmation of our worst fears on a platter by someone whose approval means so much.”
― Genevieve Novak, No Hard Feelings

“Every minute we're together is a battle for control. I always have to be on. Not too clingy, not too argumentative; very clever, very quick; always horny, always amenable. It's exhausting when I'm losing, but exhilarating when I'm winning. When he pecks me on the cheek unexpectedly, or I make him laugh, or if I've seen a documentary he hasn't, I'm above the clouds. And in the next breath, he'll unlace his fingers from mine, or stare at his phone when I'm trying to talk to him, or say something like, 'Mm, I don't know if you're right bout that,' and my self-esteem plummets beneath the earth and melts into nothing.”
― Genevieve Novak, No Hard Feelings