The Girls at 17 Swann Street Quotes

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“The dark, ironically, makes many things far too clear.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“Animal crackers and cocoa to drink,
That is one of the finest of suppers I think.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“I do not suffer from anorexia, I have anorexia. The two states are not the same. I know my anorexia, I understand it better than the world around me.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“I want the happiness. I will take the sadness. Keep walking.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“You are responsible for those you choose to love.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“Because I want to keep walking aimlessly till I discover a sidewalk café. I want to sit at a table outside and order sparkling wine at 4:00 P.M. I want to listen to someone play the guitar as I read and sip, soak sun and air, looking at the people passing by.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

“There is no tragedy to suffering. It is, just as happiness is. To be present for both, that is life, I think.”
― Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street