Ella

“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“my twenties became my alpine dreamland. My twenties were my home, somewhere I knew and felt comfortable. In my rational mind, I was totally aware that most of it had been fraught—full of heartbreak, self loathing, jealousy, and with no direction, security, or money—but I was overcome with the sickness of nostalgia.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“he was just a misogynist who saw the challenge of [dating] a woman with trust issues”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“You should never have to work to hold a man's attention. If a man needs to be 'kept interested' in you, he's got problems that are not your business to manage.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love