Maria

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“That was the thrill of youth, the idea that you could be anyone. That was what had captured her in the charm shop, all those years ago. Then adulthood came, your choices solidifying, and you realize that everything you are had been set in motion years before. The rest was aftermath.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“To tell you the truth, I don't get how we can almost unanimously agree that murder is wrong, yet when it comes to rape some people still see shades of gray.”
― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim