Emily

“I wanted to explain that I didn't know how much I was allowed to feel about it, or how much of what I felt at the time I was still allowed to feel in retrospect.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“My preoccupation was unbalanced, fetishistic. Sick is what it was. And it made me sick - anxious and grasping and, in some obscure yet vital sense, self-abandoned. I needed to stop living her life, reclaim my own. I needed to get violent.”
― Lili Anolik, Didion and Babitz

“Lilly and I just stood there looking at each other like we couldn't believe it. I still can't. Who are these people, and why do I have to be incarcerated with them on a daily basis?”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries

“You Never Know Where A Conversation Is Going To Go

Said Ricky to me one day, "Why is it you
don't have a tail?"

Well, I just don't. Maybe once upon a time
I had one, but not anymore.

"What happened? Did you have an accident?

No, no. Things change. Sometimes. Over
time.

"You mean, maybe sometime I won't get a walk,
I won't get dinner? I won't get hugs? That's
scary, plain scary."

No, no, it takes a really long time. In
fact, some things change, over time, and
some don't.

"Well, how do I know what's what?"

Day by day, Ricky. You find out.
Has anything changed that troubles you?

"Actually, nothing. I like everything a lot,
every day."

Well, see? Just keep on liking things.
And praying.

"I don't know anything about that."

Yes you do. Every time you wake up and
love your life and the world, you're
praying, my dear boy. I'm sure of it.”
― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs: Poems