Emilia

“Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“Always do what you're afraid to do.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey