Ashley

“I’d tried all my life to be a decent guy, a man who loved and respected women, a guy without hang-ups. And here I was, thinking nasty thoughts about my twin, about my mother-in-law, about my mistress. I was imagining bashing in my wife’s skull.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“You think there’s some nobility in being above anger?” Sang asked. “Anger is a kind of fear. And fear saved you. When the world was all kneecaps and corners of coffee tables, fear kept you safe.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“But he wanted to be my first proper boyfriend, and when I was nineteen that was a good enough reason to go out with someone.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love