Sara Aly

“In those days, I wanted to cry, I wanted to shout, I wanted to wring my hands and complain, and I did try to complain to some people, though I could never cry or complain as much as I wanted to. Some people listened and tried to be helpful, but they could never listen long enough; the conversation always had to come to an end.”
― Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't

“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.”
― Doug Cooper, Outside In

“Everyone has an identity. One of their own, and one for show.”
― Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls

“He'd lost track of what he wanted, and since who a person was what a person wanted, you could say that he'd lost track of himself.”
― Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections