Demelza

“I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“...no way could I fall in love. I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through anything. I didn't want to pick up any pieces. Lower my expectations.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.”
― Lili St. Crow, Jealousy

“I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar