Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney

Bobbi would never describe anyone as nice without quotation marks.

It would have been dramatic to introduce capitalization at such a moment of tension.

I hated her then and even wanted to harm her.

and I felt sorry for all of us, like we were just little children pretending to be adults.

This could only interfere with my other ambitions, such as achieving enlightenment and being a fun girl.