Jeremy

“I had done all the right things. I had Lily. I had Jeffrey. I had a family. And then I didn’t. I don’t understand how my life got so empty, or why the octopus came, or why everyone eventually goes away.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Why do you suppose we do that, push ourselves away from those we love right when we need them the most?”
― Suzanne Palmieri, The Witch of Belladonna Bay

“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening