Anthony Keutzer

“she was explaining to me that I had won nothing, that in the world there is nothing to win, that her life was full of varied and foolish adventures as much as mine, and that time simply slipped away without any meaning, and it was good just to see each other every so often to hear the mad sound of the brain of one echo in the mad sound of the brain of the other.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

“You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can.”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

“Nowhere is it written that you can’t do it.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“I would never blame a human creature for feeling lonely.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace