Michelle Hart

“Mallory realized this was how the woman was: she at once withheld and invited. The woman fulfilled so many of Mallory’s wants but left so many wants unfulfilled that the feeling of wanting in and of itself became desirable. There was an untouchable intensity, or an intense untouchability, to keeping a secret, to having a continuous crush, that Mallory wanted never to lose.”
― Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark: 'A haunting study of solitude and connection' Meg Wolitzer

“You know,' Caroline said, 'there's this word in Japanese, boketto, which is when you stare off into the distance in such a way that you lose track of yourself. Sometimes I think we do that when we become too aware of ourselves, and it's our brain's way of saying, 'Let me be, let me rest!”
― Michelle Hart