“He thinks that if he is about to die, he should have begun collecting his final thoughts earlier.”
Erin Morgenstern The Starless Sea

But vindication has no power over guilt. No amount of anger or rage directed at others can subdue it, because guilt is never about them. Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. It has nothing to do with other people.
Tara Westover Educated

“Home is not a place, it is a feeling. It is my wife's smile. My children's laughter. The friendship I never expected. I built my home on these feelings so I would never have to leave. Home is not in the heart. Home is the heart.” Shane Brennan/Dave Calstein NCIS LA

“I forgot what an ingrown hair you are.” Parini Shroff The Bandit Queen

It’s been my experience that a lot of human interaction comes down to just these sort of exchanges, less an actual conversation than a form of parallel confession – 2 parties performing their interior monologues, not really listening to each other, but merely taking turns. Justin Cronin The Ferryman

“In my experience,” Anabin said, “some people are harder to get rid of than others.”
Kelly Link The Book of Love

The moments that defined lives aren’t always obvious. They don’t always scream LEDGE, and nine times out of 10 there’s no rope to duck under, no line to cross, no blood pact, no official letter on fancy paper. They aren’t always protracted, heavy with meaning.
Vicious V.E Schwab

“I thought about the fact that there seemed to be a high cost to anything a woman chose to do with her life.”
Jojo Moyes After You