Nina

“[T]hese are the lives and the lived-in faces that I look to when I envision being nobody's grandma.

Each of these women, for me, seems both youthful and wise, experimental and accomplished, as if the little girl that she once was is right there, a twinkle in the corner of her own eye”
― Ruby Warrington, Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood

“I just wanted an excuse to feel like the way I looked at the internet was different than the way everyone else looked at the internet - like the way I wasted my time was special.”
― Alexandra Tanner, Worry

“Even if I’m wrong,” Bobbie said with her mouth full, “even if there’s no chemical doing anything”—she swallowed—“is this where you really want to live? We’ve each got one friend now, you after two months, me after three. Is that your idea of the ideal community? I went into Norwood to get my hair done for your party; I saw a dozen women who were rushed and sloppy and irritated and alive; I wanted to hug every one of them!”
― Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives

“As I fall asleep, I'm jealous that Poppy can articulate such a clear, raw vision of want, that she can fantasize so deeply. Every time I think of something I want I manage to talk myself out of it. I close my eyes and tell myself to think hard about my deepest wish for my future life. I tell myself it's okay to imagine; that I'm safe inside my own head; that I can get specific; that my desires are worth considering. Before I know it, it's morning, and I don't remember dreaming of anything.”
― Alexandra Tanner, Worry