Catherine Read

“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“There’s always been something inside her that men have wanted to dominate, and their desire for domination can look so much like attraction, even love.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably enough and exercise their liberties very lightly, never testing the boundaries. You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door.”
― Joe Bageant, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War

“She seemed so surprised by my relief and gratitude that I realized something I'd never before considered: the things people truly need from us at the very worst times in their lives are often much smaller than what we try to give them.”
― Emily Nunn, The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart