Zoe Leff

“And that all the things that had happened in their lives had not hurt them in any essential way, despite what they may have believed at times.”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

“What if the meaning of life on earth is not eternal progress toward some unspecified goal—the engineering and production of more and more powerful technologies, the development of more and more complex and abstruse cultural forms? What if these things just rise and recede naturally, like tides, while the meaning of life remains the same always—just to live and be with other people?”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“Whenever someone does something nice for me, I feel intensely aware of how strange and sad it is to know someone.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“I feel so profoundly inside of myself, I can't stand it.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead