jessika

“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“The law was all set up to keep people convinced their fears were well-guided. They came up with ways to prove themselves right about people who seemed a little different.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, McGlue

“A linguistic concept called the theory of performativity says that language does not simply describe or reflect who we are, it creates who we are.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish

“As for order, it is my express wish to live as ordered a life as possible. But the world is filled with random chaos that often devils my attempts at arrangement.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid