Sarah

“Evolution designed us to cry out if we are being abandoned. To make as much noise as possible so the tribe will come back for us.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation

“She thinks before she acts. Or more properly, she thinks instead of acts. A character flaw, not a virtue.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation

“She remembers the first night she knew she loved him, the way the fear came rushing in. She laid her head on his chest and listened to his heart. One day this too will stop, she thought. The no, no, no of it.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation

“So leave. What does it matter. Everyone leaves. It is not the big story in the end.”
― Lauren Groff, Florida