Simon Risberg

“At that moment he thought: just as their relationship in school had been on his terms, their relationship now was on hers. But she’s more generous, he thought. She’s a better person.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“I kind of thought maybe you would let me stay here or something. I don’t really know what happened with us in the end. She feels a sharp pain in her chest and her hand flies to her throat, clutching at nothing. You told me you wanted us to see other people, she says. I had no idea you wanted to stay here. I thought you were breaking up with me. He rubs his palm flat against his mouth for a second, and then breathes out.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“He returns the striker. On the back, in minuscule script, are the words I’d missed. For H. I love you like all-fire. L.D.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“In Sweden we have a saying, he says. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People