A Novel Obsession Quotes

“I told myself not to take it personally—if they truly didn’t know me, if I hadn’t let them in, then the person they were rejecting was definitely not-me.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“I tend to drink too fast—eager to become the playful, chatty woman everyone thinks I am.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“If given the choice between being in control and being in love, what do you choose?”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“Words, not children, can be manipulated and perfected and controlled, can someday perhaps even generate monumental, enduring ideas.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“Writing down every worst-case scenario allows me to forgo their effects, to skip right over the pain. I will already be prepared, armored against hurt -- told you so, from my future self.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“She hates group activities. (Glorified babysitting, she has scoffed.)”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“This is how I’ll always remember it, the feeling of finally being loved—only said to stop someone from leaving. Desperate, thoughtless, conditional.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

“Because I don’t trust anyone with my sad feelings or thoughts, Mother, and so it’s best to project lightness and exude indifference, to remain whole—”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession