emily :))

“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“It's funny the decisions you make because you like someone, he says, and then your whole life is different. I think we're at that weird age where life can change a lot from small decisions.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“But I don't think what you're born into says anything about where you're headed.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“It's like she's the sun, and I have to orbit around her.”
― Eva Ashwood, Queen of Anarchy