Ahalya

“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you, I had written in my journal. But Shawn had more power over me than I could possibly have imagined. He had defined me to myself, and there’s no greater power than that.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“I spent my life learning to feel less. Every day I felt less. Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.”
― Tara Westover