Marian

“Aside from the obvious one, this was the real difference between her and them. They had the confidence to be foolish, to be wrong.”
― Louise Kennedy, Trespasses

“I tell myself that I want to live a happy life, and that the circumstances for happiness just haven't arisen. But what if that's not true? What if I'm the one who can't let myself be happy? Because I'm scared, or I prefer to wallow in self-pity, or I don't believe I deserve good things, or some other reason. Whenever something good happens to me I always find myself thinking: I wonder how long it will be until this turns out badly. And I almost want the worst to happen sooner, sooner rather than later, and if possibile straight away, so at least I don't have to feel anxious about it anymore.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“I could study you for a lifetime, carrying all your peculiarities and discretions in the webs of my spidery palms, and still feel empty-handed”
― Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether

“Fue más bien una especie de vacío, una especie de fin de los temas de conversación, como si ya hubieran hablado de todo lo posible. Acaso el amor sea la capacidad de que la conversación siga siendo siempre interesante.”
― Marta Jiménez Serrano, No todo el mundo