Teresa

“Wenn Frauen sich nicht unterstützen, unterstützt sie keiner.”
― Antje Rávik Strubel, Blaue Frau

“I know that loneliness cannot be fully eradicated by the presence of another; but I also know that a companion is a shield, and without another person, loneliness steals in, a phantom seeping through the windows and down your throat, filling you with a sorrow nothing can answer. I cannot promise that my granddaughter won't be lonely, but I have prevented her from being alone. I have made certain that her life will have a witness.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise

“This feeling of love, it transports me, it makes me happy. At the same time, it consumes me and makes me miserable, the way all impossible loves are miserable.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“What is a whole life? If you die when you’re still a child, is your life whole or half or zero?”
― Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line