Emma Andrews

“Love him," said Jacques, with vehemence, "love him and let him love you”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“When our father does the things he needs to do in the world, we understand it is his due. If our mother does the things she needs to do in the world, we feel she has abandoned us. It is a miracle she survives our mixed messages, written in society's most poisoned ink. It is enough to drive her mad.”
― Deborah Levy, The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography

“He did not ask me one single question, not even my name. It seemed that what he needed was a devoted, enchanting woman at his side to acquire his canapes for him and who understood that he was entirely the subject.”
― Deborah Levy, The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography

“Each time I fall in love I feel fear that the world won't let me be in the world with it, that I either have to pick the world or the love.”
― Jenny Slate, Little Weirds