Phoebe

“And though, of course, it grew worse as one's body aged, was it not a sign that this was not the natural order of things, if one's heart sickened at the discomfort and dirt and scarcity, the interminable winters, the stickiness of one's socks, the lifts that never worked, the cold water, the gritty soap, the cigarettes that came to pieces, the food with its strange evil tastes? Why should one feel it to be intolerable unless one had some kind of ancestral memory that things had once been different?”
― George Orwell, 1984

“What makes a romance romantic, the beginning or the end?”
― Laura Lippman, Seasonal Work: Stories

“Failing to realize that each and every person is living their own unique and highly complex story leads us to make assumptions that suit our own desires.”
― Shane Burcaw, Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

“Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered? Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
― George Orwell, 1984