Caroline Murray

“What’s real is gravity and a dirty apartment and a daughter zipping her duffel bag.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

“Male fantasy is seen as something that can create reality, whereas female fantasy is regarded as pure escape.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Never is so easy for a young person to say. I think about my father’s ashes, sunk in the Trinity. And Barton’s suit-clad body underground. How Ryan and I both swore off alcohol before we met, carrying our father’s stories into our no-thank-yous and just-water-pleases.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

“but first you have to realize that rich adults hardly ever notice anything, apart from mirrors.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends