rachel

“What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Many of them seem past caring what is true or not, only desperate for some reason, some order to the rearrangement of their lives, even if it is brought about by a lie.”
― Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies

“She is merely acclimatizing herself, in accordance with a natural law, like an animal which changes its coat for the winter. Thousands of people like Frl. Schroeder are acclimatizing themselves. After all, whatever government is in power, they are doomed to live in this town.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin

“Stop comparing us to that book!” Your voice shattered against
the walls. Your face was distorted, scrunched up beyond recognition.
“You’re the one who wants to run off. You’re the one trying to force me
into this. You can’t make people love you the way you want them to.”
― Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark