Celeste

“In ten years they would be dead, deported or in leadership positions.”
― Peter Hoeg

“The latest they’re allowed to get home after a school party is a lot earlier than it is with boys. Between school and home lies a warren of darkened cycle paths.”
― Herman Koch, Summer House with Swimming Pool

“really enjoyed going out so long as it was not too often, she did not have to stay up too late, and she was allowed to look on peacefully without feeling obliged to make any conversational effort. Strangers bored and fatigued her. She only liked the company of those people with whom she had day-to-day interests in common,”
― Nancy Mitford, Love in a Cold Climate

“As they ate, they spoke of eating, as always happens in Italy.”
― Andrea Camilleri, The Shape of Water