“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
“There's a reason that whenever fascists come to power, the writers are among the first to go to jail.”
― How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
― How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
“To write is to sell a ticket to escape, not from the truth, but into it.”
― How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
― How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“When women are gathered together with no men around, they don't have to be anything in particular; they can just be”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
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