Camille

“I desperately hoped I could avoid ever having to resemble a grown woman. I didn’t see that any good could come of that.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“I didn’t really want to die. I didn’t always want to live, but I wasn’t going to kill myself.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I'm absolutely removed from the world at such times...The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries I can see every detail of - I'm playing a role in the story I'm reading. I actually feel I'm the characters - I live and breath with them.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary