Patty

“Why wouldn’t you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“People were always wanting me to show some weakness so they could reassure me. It made them feel worthy.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“It’s hard to hold on to people the older we get. Life looks different for everyone, and you have to keep choosing one another. You have to make a conscious effort to say, over and over again, “You.” Not everyone makes that choice. Not everyone can.”
― Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

“J'aimais cette idée d'un homme qui voit clair en vous et qui prend l'initiative du rapprochement ; ce qui, probablement, révèle surtout à quel point j'étais tétanisée à la perspective de devoir formuler ou assumer mes désirs, ou de devoir prendre moi-même une initiative quelconque - revoilà le rêve d'être prise en charge par un homme providentiel, que j'évoquais au chapitre précédent. (p. 236)”
― Mona Chollet, Réinventer l'amour: Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles