Rachel

“when you have no real difficulty in your life you end up creating your own.”
― Lucy Foley, The Midnight Feast

“He had created his share of our problems—by pushing me too hard, by wanting too much, by trying to see something in me that didn’t exist. But I could have met him partway and retained my sovereignty. And now it was too late.”
― Jeff Vandermeer, Annihilation

“...we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe