Nothing Serious Quotes

“challenge of finding my own way to matter, without children, without chasing pre-defined goals, felt far more thrilling. I craved space to understand what I wanted beyond the desire for other people’s approval. In a way I wanted to be the child. I wanted to give all the hope and time and effort and love I saw women my age pouring into their children into my middle-aged self. I wanted freedom. How literally childish, how very uncomfortable.”
― Emily J. Smith, Nothing Serious

“Reading had made her feel like she was filling in missing pieces of herself, identifying ideas lurking inside of her, but that she'd never been able to articulate, or maybe had just been afraid to.”
― Emily J. Smith, Nothing Serious

“She was aware that her love and her hate for him ran violently at equal and opposite speeds. On some level she knew they countered one another, resulting in something that was neither love nor hate but closer to obsession.”
― Emily J. Smith, Nothing Serious

“She was aware that her love and her hate for him ran violently at equal and opposite speeds. On some level she knew they countered one another, resulting in something that was neither love nor hate but closer to obsession.”
― Emily J. Smith, Nothing Serious: A Novel

“Reading had made her feel like she was filling in missing pieces of herself, identifying ideas lurking inside of her, but that she'd never been able to articulate, or maybe had just been afraid to.”
― Emily J. Smith, Nothing Serious: A Novel