Sofía

“How lonely it will be here, when it's just us.”
― Charlotte McConaghy , Migrations

“and nothing about my life – the job, the apartment, the desires, the love affairs – struck me as permanent. I felt anything was possible, that there were no doors shut behind me, and that out there somewhere, as yet unknown, there were people who would love and admire me and want to make me happy. Maybe that explains in some way the openness I felt toward the world – maybe without knowing it, I was anticipating my future, I was watching for signs.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“For my birthday, you wrote down one hundred things you loved about me. "[...] 92. I love what a good mother you'll be one day."
'Why do you think I'll be a good mother?' I put down the list and felt for a moment like maybe you didn't know me at all.”
― Ashley Audrain, The Push

“It seems to be a hallmark of the human species: abysmal communication skills. Not that any other species are much better, mind you, but even a herring can tell which way the school it belongs to is turning and follow accordingly. Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures