Conversation, The Gradual Unveiling Of Oneself, Ones Quirks And Characteristics, Opinions And Beliefs;

Conversation, the gradual unveiling of oneself, one’s quirks and characteristics, opinions and beliefs; what a fraught and awkward business that is.

David Nicholls, Us (2014)

…but then you’re lying in the wreckage and you reach down and feel for your legs, they’re still there, and both your arms and your skull is in one piece. You can still see and hear and realise you can stand up. And that’s what you do. You stand up and you catch your breath and you stagger away.

Us - David Nicholls (via wholesomeobsessive)

“By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes — a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.”

— A Room with a View. E.M. Forster. (via realsurrealunreal)

But I felt a rush of fondness for her, so sudden and so simple it made me smile.

Sarah Waters, from The Little Stranger (via wholesomeobsessive)

“To change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil.”

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson (via velvetmelody)

It just occurred to me that people who haven’t read the book don’t know about this amazing analogy