Wanda

“Curled up in bed with my arms folded I thought bitterly: he has all the power and I have none. This wasn't exactly true, but that night it was clear to me for the first time how badly I'd underestimated my vulnerability,”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Sally Rooney , Normal People

“Misschien is intensiteit belangrijker dan geluk, loop ik dezer dagen te denken. (...) Ik denk dat ik altijd te veel schrik heb gehad van vervelende emoties.
Als ge u daar almaar tegen loopt te beschermen, dan mist ge ook alle goeie, mooie dingen, alle echte dingen. Eigenlijk is dat emotionele oppervlakkigheid.”
― Griet Op de Beeck, Het beste wat we hebben

“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People