Brooke

“What a mistake, above all, it had been to believe that I couldn't live without him, when for a long time I had not been at all certain that I was alive with him.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

“Outside, the natural world was enjoying a moment of total strength.”
― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

“Under the seams runs the pain.”
― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red