Emily

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“But some women only require an emergency to make them fit for one.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“What do you believe about who you are? About your capabilities? When was the last time you trusted yourself enough to test them?”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“The most vigorous expression of a resolution does not always coincide with the greatest vigour of the resolution itself. It is often flung out as a sort of prop to support a decaying conviction which, whilst strong, required no enunciation to prove it so.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd