Hubert

“Change is never easy for anyone. And yet we do not ever remain the same, do we? Every moment, every hour, of every day of our lives is a stumble from one variation of our existence to the next.
Constantly revolving, one can find it hard to adjust. Difficult to put one foot in front of the other without tripping over one's own well-polished shoes.
Deciphering whether the change was good, or better still, deciding that it must be good - or rather ignoring the unacceptableness - was a strength I possessed.”
― Eliza Knight, The Mayfair Bookshop

“I wonder how many women you’ve disregarded in your life, written off, because you assumed they had nothing to offer beyond the way they looked. How quickly they learned that the stuff in their heads was of less value than the shape of their bodies. I bet they were all smarter than you.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“Early in our friendship, we began seeing one another as competitors rather than allies.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“Still in mourning, she made for herself a black wedding gown out of taffeta and beaded lace.”
― Helen Scully, In the Hope of Rising Again