Amber

“Only people who live their lives very routinely, who have never known abject grief, can love Saturdays and Sundays. For me there was a rickety lonesomeness to them. It always seemed everybody had escaped somewhere I hadn’t been invited to.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Animal

“That was the name of the game: Don’t Scare the Men. Those who encouraged you to indulge in your impulse to share, largely did so to expedite a decision. They knew they were on trial too, but our courtrooms had more lenient judges. These men quizzed you about every hurt and humiliation until you were so flattered by the inquiry, you forgot that quizzes are made to be failed. This process was made worse by the garb of flirtation.”
― Sloane Crosley, Cult Classic

“Svetlana didn’t think there was anything embarrassing about going to a bead store in Beacon Hill and spending almost twenty dollars on beads.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“They were giving out free samples of Campari. I tried one. I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to drink something that tasted like that.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot