Paula

“I asked Isabelle whether she was happy. “I never ask myself, so I suppose the answer is yes.” At all events she likes the moment of waking up. That seems to me a pretty good definition of happiness! It is the same with me: every morning, when I open my eyes, I smile.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed

“—La fama solo es un traje, Sycomorus. Un traje que al final te queda pequeño o está gastado o acaban robándotelo. Lo que cuenta por encima de todo es lo que eres cuando estás desnudo.”
― Joël Dicker, El libro de los Baltimore

“there are wounds time does not heal, though it can reduce them to a manageable size.”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

“But what does the word insist mean after a whole life of love and understanding? I have never asked anything for myself that I did not also wish for him.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed