Jonathan

“Nobody is really so orderly, so perfect. To have a house like that says more about what's wrong with you than any decrepit dump. Those people with perfect houses are simply obsessed with death. A house that is so well maintained, furnished with good-looking furniture of high quality, decorated tastefully, everything in its place, becomes a living tomb. People truly engaged in life have messy houses.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“Yes, so she knows her failings. Heather was a librarian,' he added, as if this might explain the failings.”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

“There was something obscurely humiliating about going into town on the bus, Emma felt, beginning with her not knowing what the fare was and having to fumble for the right coins when she entered.”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

“Presumably older women shouldn't drink, she thought, or women of a certain age. But what might that age be?”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves