Mary

“You can never replace it. The good news is you do learn to live without it. You miss it. You want it. You hang out with a bunch of other crazy people who feel the same way and you live with it. And eventually, you start to sound like a cloying self-help book, like me.”
― Augusten Burroughs, Dry

“You must observe, when you write to any one, it is for them, and not for yourself: you must endeavour, then, to write to please them, and not give them your thoughts.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons

“Now I mention neglect, you resemble those who send regularly to inquire of the state of health of their sick friends, and who never concern themselves about the answer.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons

“My thoughts were my own, and I was exasperated to have them either surprised or drawn from me against my will.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons