Jonathan

“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

“Every love story was - at the last - a story of death; this was what the poets insisted. Why should it be any less true the other way about?”
― Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six

“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

“A grown woman is like a coyote—she can get by on very little. Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness. Over the years I've grown to love men for this weakness.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen