Emily

“All these years, they’ve been like two little plants sharing the same plot of soil, growing around one another, contorting to make room, taking certain unlikely positions.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Everything will pass. The wise Man knows this from the start, and has no regrets.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

“You live it forward, but understand it backward.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People