Amanda

“Louisa is a teenager, the best kind of human. The evidence for this is very simple: little children think teenagers are the best humans, and teenagers think teenagers are the best humans, the only people who don’t think that teenagers are the best humans are adults. Which is obviously because adults are the worst kind of humans.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“there must be some people for whom difficult behavior wasn’t a reason to end their relationship with you.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“The basic function of a parent is just to exist. You have to be there, like ballast in a boat, because otherwise your child capsizes.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“Things didn’t feel right; I hadn’t been able to relax yesterday, hadn’t been able to settle to anything. I just felt on edge, somehow. If my mood was a crossword clue, the answer would be “discombobulated.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine