David

“You shouldn't think you're not supposed to be happy, Paul. You understand that? You shouldn't get used to not being happy just because you can't make everything fit down right. Everything doesn't fit down right. You have to let some things go finally.”
― Richard Ford, Independence Day

“If you can find a way of helping people, you'll live off the interest.”
― J.G. Ballard, Empire of the Sun

“Nina wondered, for a moment, how one became like that. What did it take to say exactly what you meant, to feel comfortable in the middle of causing discomfort, to not feel so intrinsically as to be as vital to yourself as your blood that it was your responsibility to make things smooth and pleasant for everyone?”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“The salt, bitter passion of the sea, its indifference to the earth, its swinging, definite motion, its strength, its attack, and its salt burning, seemed to provoke her to a pitch of madness, tantalizing her with vast suggestions of fulfilment.”
― D.H. Lawrence, The Rainbow