“From a young age her life has been abnormal, she knows that. But so much is covered over in time now, the way leaves fall and cover a piece of earth, and eventually mingle with the soil. Things that happened to her then are buried in the earth of her body.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place. And when you are sad, everywhere is a sad place.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“All these years, they’ve been like two little plants sharing the same plot of soil, growing around one another, contorting to make room, taking certain unlikely positions.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“feeling a strange sense of nostalgia for a moment that was already in the process of happening.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Dublin is extraordinarily beautiful to her in wet weather, the way gray stone darkens to black, and rain moves over the grass and whispers on slick roof tiles. Raincoats glistening in the undersea color of street lamps. Rain silver as loose change in the glare of traffic.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
Elaine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elaine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Elaine hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.
Polls voted on by Elaine
Lists liked by Elaine




