“You’re too hard on yourself,’she said. ‘You can do long-term love. You’ve done it better than anyone I know.’
‘How? My longest relationship was two years and that was over when I was twenty-four.’
‘I’m talking about you and me, ’she said”
― Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir
‘How? My longest relationship was two years and that was over when I was twenty-four.’
‘I’m talking about you and me, ’she said”
― Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir
“Maybe friendship is being the guardian of another person's hope. Leave it with me and I'll look after it for a while , if it feels too heavy for now.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“You are moving out of the realm of fantasy "when I grow up" and adjusting to the reality that you're there; it's happening”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“It is futile and knackering to try and make all your tiny choices representative of your moral compass then beat yourself up when this plan inevitably fails. Feminists can get waxed. Priests can swear. Vegetarians can wear leather shoes. Do as much good as you can. The weighty representation of the world cannot rest on every decision you make.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat. — Lily Tomlin”
― Reclaiming Control: Looking Inward to Recalibrate Your Life
― Reclaiming Control: Looking Inward to Recalibrate Your Life
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