Sally Rooney

These were long and intense conversations, and felt so momentous to me that I secretly transcribed parts of them from memory in the evenings.

if you look at love as something other than an interpersonal phenomenon

He was the first person I had met since Bobbi who made me enjoy conversation, in the same irrational and sensuous way I enjoyed coffee or loud music.

Will Ladislaw

In bed we folded around each other like origami. It’s possible to feel so grateful that you can’t get to sleep at night

All I could do with my attention was use it on other people, watching them for signs of agreement or irritation, trying to invite them into the discussion when they fell silent.

By refusing to admit that I was sick, I felt I could keep the sickness outside time and space, something only in my own head. If other people knew about it, the sickness would become real and I would have to spend my life being a sick person.

just for whatever it was worth

Well, but what does it mean for a relationship to ‘work out’?

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