Dolce Darling

“I felt as if I were watching myself from above, unable to comprehend the happiness of the people around me.”
― Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Even the best iron grows brittle with too much beating.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“A golden cage is still a cage.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe