Aima Hameed

“How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account of all the doors one has closed and opened, of all the doors one would like to re-open, one would have to tell the story of one's entire life.”
― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

“Each lived in a world of which the other knew nothing.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch: York Notes Advanced

“Appearances, appearances. The great facade. How to Live Blindly in a Blind World 101.”
― Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine