smileymakaveli

“A lifetime is split up into successive stages when people become “old enough to”:
—take Holy Communion...
—start having their period...
—drink wine...
—get a job and go dancing...
—do one's military service
—go and see naughty films
—get married and have kids
—wear black
—stop working
—die

In our lives nothing is thought, everything is done.

People are forever remembering.”
― Annie Ernaux, Shame

“She has always imagined that if she had five minutes left on earth, she'd call the person she loved most and tell them all the things she needed them to know. But most goodbyes are small. They take place in the middle of stations and shopping centres, where there's too much going on to really focus on the goodbye at all...”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends

“Eyelashes; get one stuck in the white of your eye and you'll feel the phantom of it long after its gone. Hope is like that too, I think.”
― Leila Mottley

“Here’s the thing about killer whales: contrary to popular belief, they won’t kill you and they’re not even whales. That’s what happens to someone when the world decides something about you, grabs hold and morphs you into an illusion of yourself: suddenly even your name isn’t your own.”
― Leila Mottley, The Girls Who Grew Big