Lara

“That was part of being a girl--you were resigned to whatever feedback you'd get. If you got mad, you were crazy, and if you didn't react, you were a bitch. The only thing you could do was smile from the corner they'd backed you into. Implicate yourself in the joke even if the joke was always on you.”
― Emma Cline, The Girls

“I should have known that when men warn you to be careful, often they are warning you of the dark movie playing across their own brains.”
― Emma Cline

“Dear world, I am excited to be alive in you, and I am thankful for another year.”
― Charlotte Eriksson

“Like many lazy people, once I started work I could not stop; perhaps that is why we avoid it.”
― Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise