Renata

“She has been contained before, contained and directed, by the trappings of ordinary life. Now she no longer feels contained or directed by anything at all. Life has slipped free of its netting. She can do very strange things now, she can find herself a very strange person. Young men can invite her into holiday cottages for sexual reasons. It means nothing. That isn't true: it means something, but the meaning is unfamiliar.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“Podíamos fazer de tudo com o amor. Podíamos escondê-lo com mais ou menos sucesso, podíamos puxá-lo atrás de nós, podíamos erguê-lo, carregá-lo por todos os países do mundo ou guardá-lo em arranjos de flores, podíamos colocá-lo na terra e lançá-lo ao céu. O amor participava de tudo, flexível e compreensível como era, só não conseguia se transformar.”
― Mariana Leky, Was man von hier aus sehen kann

“Love was a room that appeared when you stepped into it.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“The hole is loneliness,' said Cleo quietly.
'Why's that?' said Audrey,
'You can't stand above someone and tell them to get out of it,' she said. 'Or teach or preach it out of them. You have to be in it with them.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein