Caroline

“There was no such thing as an unblemished childhood, though people will do everything they can to convince you otherwise. There was no such thing as a life without pain.”
― Rachel Cusk, Outline

“Among other things a marriage is a system of belief, a story, and though it manifests itself in things that are real enough, the impulse that drives it is ultimately mysterious.”
― Rachel Cusk

“The legal term for being one’s own attorney is “in propria persona,” commonly called “pro per.”
― Vincent Bugliosi, Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery

“Without much accuracy, with strangely little love at all, your family will decide for you exactly who you are, and they’ll keep nudging, coaxing, poking you until you’ve changed into that very simple shape.”
― David Sedaris, The Best of Me