emma ☁

“I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors

“Nous rêvions de regarder l'océan ensemble. Eh bien, Nawal, je te le dis, je te le jure, le jour où je le verrai, le mot océan explosera dans ta tête et tu éclateras en sanglots car tu sauras que je pense à toi. Peu importe où je serai, nous serons ensemble. Il n'y a rien de plus beau que d'être ensemble.”
― Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

“ANTIGONE: Tell me the truth! I beg you to tell me the truth! When you think about me, when it strikes you suddenly that I am going to belong to you―do you have the feeling that―that a great empty space is being hollowed out inside you, that there is something inside you that is just―dying?
HAEMON: Yes, I do, I do.”
― Jean Anouilh, Antigone

“Was I kind to others? It was hard to nail down an answer. I worried that if I did turn out to have a personality, it would be one of the unkind ones. Did I only worry about this question because as a woman I felt required to put the needs of others before my own? Was “kindness” just another term for submission in the face of conflict? These were the kind of things I wrote about in my diary as a teenager: as a feminist I have the right not to love anyone.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends