Elizabeth Good > Elizabeth's Quotes

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
― Edward Everett Hale

“The effects of Fate come together like stew simmering with provisions from the universe. Which ingredients we’ve used make the end result easy to swallow or bitterly distasteful. So choose wisely for, when our lot in life is done, only those young enough or strong enough can toss their destiny aside and start over.”
― Elizabeth Good, Trampled Underfoot: The Dirt on Vic and Lia

“It seems love is the root of all pain and most of its fruit only leaves a bitter taste behind.”
― L.F. Falconer

“Desperate times call for slutty measures.”
― Elizabeth Good, Trampled Underfoot: The Dirt on Vic and Lia

“Say you'll laugh in the face of Fate and choose your own destiny, with me. (Jesse Carlisle)”
― Elizabeth Good, Trampled Underfoot: The Dirt on Vic and Lia

“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

“Words: with them you can do and undo as you please.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name