Maxine Taylor

“I'm left with that funny feeling that happens when you spend a supposedly intimate occasion with people you don't feel any genuine intimacy with. That strange, gnawing feeling, equal parts hollow and lonely and wistful, with a tinge of irritability underneath. Craving something more. But accepting that this is it.”
― Jennette McCurdy, Half His Age

“Maybe wanting things is what makes me a lot. If I could just want less, I'd be the right amount of person. The amount I'm supposed to be. The not-a-lot amount. The easy-to-love amount”
― Jennette McCurdy, Half His Age

“Can a bookworm ever really call herself alone when she’s surrounded by books?”
― Kate Quinn, The Astral Library

“A flawed configuration of events, it was now clear to me, for secrets and desires are at the heart of our selfhood, and no one can be your best friend if you don't let them see who you are.”
― Sonia Feldman, Girl's Girl