Simone

“It’s such an odd thing, the way you can know someone so perfectly through what they read.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Then she thought about an American author who had written that loneliness is like starvation, you don’t realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Because you’ve probably been depressed yourself, you’ve had days when you’ve been in terrible pain in places that don’t show up in X-rays, when you can’t find the words to explain it even to the people who love you. Deep down, in memories that we might prefer to suppress even from ourselves, a lot of us know that the difference between us and that man on the bridge is smaller than we might wish.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Is it about the moon?"
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"Is it a moon or cheese-based pun?"
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"Who is the author?"
"A really wonderful writer," Brewer said. "Her name is Vanessa Colby."
Hannah choked momentarily on her coffee, then swallowed.”
― John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye