Rachel

“Even if you forget that´s not the same as if it never happened. The slate is not entirely wiped clean; you can´t reclaim the person you were beforehand; your state of innocence is not there to be retrieved.”
― A.S.A. Harrison, The Silent Wife

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Do you think it is better to fail at something worthwhile, or succeed at something meaningless”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

“the fundamental rule of life: Things were never so bad that they couldn’t get worse.”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up