Mei Ee

“All along it had been Paul who was meant to plead for mercy. The real violence was in how gentle Julian was—how near his reassurances
came to absolution while stopping just short of granting it.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“Our dissatisfactions may be the result of failing to look properly at our lives rather than the result of anything inherently deficient about them.”
― Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life

“It was a relief and a horror to be known so perfectly”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“I tell myself that I want to live a happy life, and that the circumstances for happiness just haven't arisen. But what if that's not true? What if I'm the one who can't let myself be happy? Because I'm scared, or I prefer to wallow in self-pity, or I don't believe I deserve good things, or some other reason. Whenever something good happens to me I always find myself thinking: I wonder how long it will be until this turns out badly. And I almost want the worst to happen sooner, sooner rather than later, and if possibile straight away, so at least I don't have to feel anxious about it anymore.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You