Jeremy

“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You