Holliday

“Poi però ho capito di avere già tutto a portata di mano, nei dettagli che ci circondano; mi basta guardarli bene, e allora riesco a staccarmi da me stessa e dirigere il mio sguardo altrove, e con "altrove" intendo proprio fuori di me. È là che si trova quello stato vitale più elevato, nel mio sguardo vigile su qualcun altro.”
― Ia Genberg, Detaljerna

“Eponine and Azelma did not notice Cosette. To them she was like the dog. These three little girls could not count twenty-four years among them all, and they already represented all human society; on one side envy, on the other disdain.”
― Victor Hugo

“This is a very provoking thing to the world. Because people aren’t supposed to be happy, they’re only supposed to want to be happy, because how otherwise are you supposed to be able to sell things to them?”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“I said no, Aoife."
"You can't tell me what to do, Joe," I growled, feeling a combination of drunk and dizzy. "You don't own me."
"Well, that's bad fucking luck on my account, because you sure as shit own me!"
Drunk or not, his words hit me like a wrecking ball to the chest.
Feeling the air whoosh from my lungs, I glared up at him, feeling a torrent of emotions crashing through me. "Why would you say that to me?"
"Because it's the truth."
"Since when?"
"Since I was twelve.”
― Chloe Walsh, Redeeming 6