elise anderson

“He had a way of anticipating memories he particularly didn’t want to have.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Jack

“The less time spent in public, the safer girls feel. That’s not incidental; the world was built that way.”
― Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

“Sometimes making bad decisions really takes no time at all. In fact, you realize you've been itching to do it all along. Deep down, I think it comes from being so angry at having to restrict yourself all the time. Because in the end, no matter how you behave, someone will always dash your life's work away with little to no regard. We are always swimming against the tide. How's that for justice? If I am reckless, it is because I am tired.”
― Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

“I supposed to savour is to hold something in your mouth for more than a moment, to linger and draw out its details. Sometimes you are far too hungry to wait, and things get lost. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that I write things into remembrance. I like to linger long enough to name pleasurable things and seek out more.”
― Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour