Annie

“Even though I had a deep conviction that I was good at writing, and that in some way I already was a writer, this conviction was completely independent of my having ever written anything, or being able to imagine ever writing anything, that I thought anyone would like to read.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“...real intimacy is a place where there are no mistakes, at least not in the sense you feel. You don't just blow everything with one wrong move. A friendship is a space where you're supposted and free to make mistakes.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“People don't give you what you're worth - not in anything they don't. They give you what they think you're used to.”
― Jean Rhys

“There was some element of loneliness involved- so easy to be loved- so hard to love.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night