Leah

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

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Their wordlessness is a symptom of their intimacy, so attuned to each other that they are beyond verbal language altogether. Barely saying a word, these two are understood.”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends

“Only last year, she had looked towards the horizon, and the hill was nowhere to be seen. Now, scrambling down the descent, she realised that she’d been at the summit and not even noticed! She hadn’t even paused for lunch or to admire the view or to congratulate herself for making it to the top.”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends