Rob

“The thought of young people gazing in horror and repulsion at my sagging flesh and atrophied limbs does not hold strong appeal. I’m forty-three, and already they’re doing it.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“I liked staying on the edge and avoiding contact between us. I felt like a drop of rain in a spiderweb, and I was careful not to slide down.”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

“This had always pissed him off about Romeo and Juliet, its ending platitude that at least the feud was laid to rest and the fighting families had come together as if this somehow made it worth losing their teenagers. As if Romeo and Juliet would have been willing to die just so their parents would get along.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“Is it my fault they died,” she said, her eyes rooting around in his as though solace were something that could be stolen.”
― Kathleen Alcott, America Was Hard To Find