Julie

“As far as Frances was concerned, gardening was simply open-air housework.”
― Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

“I'm sorry you aren't as brave as you thought you were. But don't punish me because of it.”
― Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

“What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“Looking back on his life, he sees himself spread out on the earth like a giant covered in tiny threads that have held him down. Tiny threads of petty cares and small concerns, and fears he took seriously at the time. Debts, timetables, the need for money, the longing for comfort; the earworm of sex, repeating itself over and over like a neural feedback loop. He’s been the puppet of his own constricted desires.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last