Kate

“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Love is space and time measured by the heart.”
― Marcel Proust

“And the most poignant thing was not Lolita's absence from my side, but the absence of her voice from the chorus.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

“There's nothing fucking worse than knowing that you're just like everybody else.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko