Tamara Bartlett

“I mean that we can allow ourselves to live and not really know what it is that we’re doing. That’s all right. It’s an accumulation stage.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

“It's always the simple things, well executed, that are memorable.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

“I don’t mean to ruin the ending for you, sweet child, but life is one long headwind. To make any kind of impact requires self-will bordering on madness. The world will be hostile, it will be suspicious of your intent, it will misinterpret you, it will inject you with doubt, it will flatter you into self-sabotage. My God, I’m making it sound so glamorous and personal! What the world is, more than anything? It’s indifferent.”
― Maria Semple, Today Will Be Different

“I know how closely most of us tend to hold on to whatever cache of patience we’ve managed to amass over a lifetime and I appreciate your squandering some of your cherished stash here.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist