Brynne D

“Maybe, the only reason we fall in love
is to see what we look like to someone else."

("The Lover as a Cult")”
― Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

“So often, people let you down; so often, situations turn out disappointingly. But occasionally someone recognizes, acknowledges, your private and truest self.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Rodham

“If I don’t know what I want, how will I know if I’ve got it or if it’s lost forever?”
― R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

“But that's not true because the world is full of us. One in five. We are as perennial as love. We go about our business, raising kids, running countries, starting wars and solving crimes. We don't tell our stories because, if we've survived, that can only mean that what happened wasn't so very bad after all. It never means that we are fucking amazing.
I am fucking amazing.
When I was nineteen I ran so fast I left a branding behind. And I have stories to tell that are more than titillating details or pleas for your pity.
This is just one of them.”
― Denise Mina, Conviction