Paris

“Whether it was their fault or not, they’d gone mad by force of circumstance, they’d lost their reason because nothing in their lives made sense any more.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“It's incredible to me that you're still getting mileage out of your mother's suicide. You're still using it as currency, even though it has nothing to do with what you did. In fact, It's kind of psychotic that you're spending that currency on this moment. When will it run out?”
― Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

“It was election time, there were terrorist threats, and the National Health System was on strike. The authorities had no time to waste with a couple in love. And the Guggenheim was just a museum, after all. Who cared about art?”
― Isabel Allende, Lovers at the Museum

“How I love to lose to you. How I love to read your words and hear the thoughts that sharpen your mind. And how I would love to be on my knees before you now, surrendering to you and you alone.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows