Cameron Patton

“I explained that I wanted to destroy capitalism and that I considered masculinity personally oppressive. Nick told me he was 'basically' a Marxist, and he didn't want me to judge him for owning a house. It's this or paying rent forever, he said. But I acknowledge it's troubling.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“I sat on the campus cricket pitch on my own and smoked two cigarettes, one after another. I had a headache, I hadn't eaten. My body felt used up and worthless to me. I didn't want to put any food or medicine into it anymore.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“I was lonely and felt unworthy of real friendship. I made lists of the things I had to improve about myself.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Real writers, and also painters, had to keep on looking at the ugly things they had done for good. I hated that everything I did was so ugly, but also that I lacked the courage to confront how ugly it was.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends