Libby

“I wasn’t used to being attacked like this and it was frightening. I thought of myself as an independent person, so independent that the opinions of others were irrelevant to me. Now I was afraid that Nick was right. I isolated myself from criticism so I could behave badly without losing my sense of righteousness.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Hurtling towards fifty as we were, we found it hard to judge younger adults’ ages. They all looked like sixth formers to us.”
― Louise Candlish, The Other Passenger

“Moments with other people, he found, were much more likely to be filled with laughter and surprises than moments with oneself.”
― Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway

“It's not about being happy,' he said, which was, and still is, the saddest remark I've ever heard.”
― Anna Burns, Milkman