Millisent

“Asher said, "Does it really ever go anywhere?"
"Does what?"
"Love. Does it vanish?"
Yale looked at his own hand, resting on the dashboard to keep himself steady whenever Asher braked suddenly. "I mean, we never want it to. But it does, doesn't it?"
Asher said, "I think that's the saddest thing in the world, the failure of love. Not hatred, but the failure of love.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

“Cecily said, "That's the difference between optimism and naivety. No one in this room is naive. Naive people haven't been through real trials yet, so they think it could never happen to them. Optimists have been through it already, and we keep getting up each day because we believe we can keep it from happening again. Or we trick ourselves into thinking it."
Richard said, "All belief is a trick.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

“Why did people feel the need to comment on the rain, when they had absolutely nothing of value to add to the conversation?”
― Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty

“He was comfortable in any social situation: garden party or cage fighting contest, it was all the same to Vid, it was all interesting.”
― Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty