Greta

“These days, loneliness is the new cancer—a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times where I felt that I might die of loneliness.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Un’altra volta capitò che io dovessi fare con gli Olivetti un viaggio in automobile, e ci fermammo per il pranzo in una trattoria; e mentre tutti loro ordina-vano tagliatelle e bistecche, io ordinai per me solo un uovo a bere, e dissi poi a mia sorella che avevo ordinato solo un uovo «perché non volevo che l’ingegner Olivetti spendesse troppo». Questa cosa venne riferita al vecchio ingegnere, che ne fu molto divertito, e usava riderne spesso: e nel suo riderne c’era tutta l’allegria d’essere molto ricco, di saperlo, e scoprire che c’era ancora qualcuno che non lo sapeva.”
― Natalia Ginzburg, Lessico famigliare

“She looked at him with so much love that I had to turn away. At least I know what love looks like, I told myself. That's something. No one had ever looked at me like that, but I'd be able to recognize it if they ever did.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine