Carly

“Hello,” I say. “Hey there. You come here often?” he asks. “No, I usually just stay home and cry in bed,” I say.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“Here is how I spend my days now. I live in a beautiful place. I sleep in a beautiful bed. I eat beautiful food. I go for walks through beautiful places. I care for people deeply. At night my bed is full of love, because I alone am in it. I cry easily, from pain and pleasure, and I don’t apologize for that. In the mornings I step outside and I’m thankful for another day. It took me many years to arrive at such a life.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
― Mildred Newman, How to Be Your Own Best Friend

“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”
― Milan Kundera