Melanie

“She could be listening to someone ostensibly nothing like her who would describe, with almost uncanny precision, her exact feelings and thoughts. That was the magic of the fellowship, when it worked: the realization that the parts of yourself that were the most hidden, most shameful, were what connected you most deeply to others. In AA, you were never an outsider, never alone.”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

“Everyone loves a particular version of you and when that person is gone that version goes with them.”
― Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment

“But here is the nature of life. That we must love things with our whole selves, knowing they will die.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore

“And herein lies the cruel paradox of human existence⁠—not that you die, but that all happiness eventually turns against you.”
― Simon Van Booy, Sipsworth