Amy

“Deep in her soul, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like a sailor in distress, she would gaze out over the solitude of her life with desperate eyes, seeking some white sail in the mists of the far-off horizon. She did not know what this chance event would be, what wind would drive it to her, what shore it would carry her to, whether it was a longboat or a three-decked vessel, loaded with anguish or filled with happiness up to the portholes. But each morning, when she awoke, she hoped it would arrive that day.… —GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, Madame Bovary”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A young woman tells you what she's "learned"

“Life is long, people change, I would never be foolish enough to think otherwise. But no matter what, nothing can ever be as it was. Everything has changed in a way that sounds trite and borderline offensive when recounted over coffee. I can never be who I was. I can simply watch her with sympathy, understanding, and some measure of awe.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

“I always reminded myself that this wasn't exactly where I was meant to be, but pit stops are okay on the road of life, aren't they?”
― Lena Dunham

“But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"