Lee-Ann

“They were going to lose parts of themselves that they had thought were irreplaceable, only to find that they didn't miss them at all. There was no other option, nothing else to do. Because staying young forever wasn't just impossible - it was exhausting. No one was meant to shoulder that amount of possibility for very long.”
― Grant Ginder, So Old, So Young

“He had said something like, "why don't people ever say anything real?" And now he knew why. Because to say anything real was to say things that nobody wanted to know. Or if they wanted to know, they would not care in the right way. Or even understand. It was a private thing to be alive. He understood this now.”
― Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say

“Everyone’s life looks fun on social media; that’s the sorcery of it. Your soul may be slowly decaying, but there’s a filter for that.”
― Tory Henwood Hoen, Before I Forget

“I felt sure they viewed me in a way that I didn't want to be seen. That they had the certainty of knowing who I was, when I was trying to work it out for myself. And perhaps this was all true - but what I had failed to see was that, besides all else, their view of me was wrapped in care.”
― Cecile Pin, Celestial Lights