Emily

“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“The whole point of crying was to quit before you cornied it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted, let yourself go and you started embellishing your own sobs.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet