Alexa Brown

“He said, "Everyone knows how short life is. Fiona and I know it especially. But no one ever talks about how long it is.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

“You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt with. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding and my dear one, you and I have been granted a mighty generous one.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

“I think aging is hard for everyone.” Amara swiped a red bliss potato with crème fraîche and caviar off a passing tray. “But it’s definitely harder for women. And I think even more so for beautiful women. Because if so much of your identity and your value is tied up in your looks and how the world responds to your physical appearance, what do you do when that changes? How do you see yourself then? Who do you become?”
― Robinne Lee, The Idea of You

“the world is a wonder, but the portions are small” —Rebecca Hazelton, “Slash Fiction”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers