Rachel

“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I have often noticed that people who routinely wear sportswear are the least likely sort to participate in athletic activity.”
― Gail Honeyman

“We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“These days, loneliness is the new cancer—a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine