Michelle

“Sometimes all you have to do is tell people the truth. They won't believe you. After that they leave you alone.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I want to be cut off from people like Marloe. Being a real person oneself is a matter of setting up limits and drawing lines and saying no. I don't want to be a nebulous bit of ectoplasm straying around in other people's lives. That sort of vague sympathy with everybody precludes any real understanding of anybody . . . And it precludes any real loyalty to anybody.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

“The best adventures are embarked on alone.”
― Lidia Longorio, Hey Humanity

“I do not mind someone talking to me, as long as they do not mind me not listening or talking to them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana