Eric Lin

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“They resumed walking. Alex felt an ache in his eyes and throat. "I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't."

Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. "You grew up, Alex," he said, "just like the rest of us.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!”
― Edward J. Stieglitz

“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.”
― Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text