June

“Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“I think of how keenly I've been wrong. I think of all the gods I have made out of feeble men.”
― Raven Leilani, Luster

“The cruelty of strangers never usually upsets me, but the kindness of strangers is oddly devastating.”
― Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot