Jenny Adams

“You’ve got a generous heart and it extends to people you’ve never even met, whereas I think that everyone is out to get me. I used to say you were naive, but really I was jealous that you always thought the best of people. I wish I was someone who could leave bags on display in a car without thinking they’re going to get nicked and could make genuinely enthusiastic conversation with a door-to-door charity worker without thinking they’re going to come back and burgle my house.”
― Dolly Alderton, Good Material

“Because I am starting to think that talking about the sadness might be the same thing as processing the sadness. And if we’re not doing that, then we only have our thoughts for company, and our thoughts are unreliable and they invent things and they lie to us and give bad advice. Not talking about the sadness is what leads us into The Madness.”
― Dolly Alderton, Good Material

“we often mistake love for fireworks—for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm—and constant. I imagine you do give Kathy love—in the true sense of the word. Whether or not she is capable of giving it back to you is another question.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“What better way for me to prove that my father was correct—that I’m worthless and unlovable—than by pursuing someone who will never love me?”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient