Michael Mainelli

“Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything,”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“She said her future was me. That I was one hundred percent of her reason for getting sober. I could see how this was supposed to make me feel great, but honestly it hit me as one more thing to worry about. What if she turns around in a month and gets shitfaced again or starts using? What does that tell you? That I wasn’t a strong enough reason.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“Here, brother, contempt is no use, even if he does despise Grushenka. He may despise her, but he still can’t tear himself away from her.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov