She Knows Joanna Would Disapprove, Because Marianne Herself Also Disapproves, But When Joanna Disapproves

She knows Joanna would disapprove, because Marianne herself also disapproves, but when Joanna disapproves of things she doesn’t go ahead and do them anyway.

Normal People by Sally Rooney (via wholesomeobsessive)

Connell doesn’t read the campus papers much, but he has still managed to hear about the debating society inviting a neo-Nazi to give a speech. It’s all over social media. There was even an article in The Irish Times. Connell hasn’t commented on any of the Facebook threats, but he has liked several comments calling for the invite to be rescinded, which is probably the most strident political action he has ever taken in his life.

Normal People by Sally Rooney (via wholesomeobsessive)

Leave me, leave me, if I distress you; leave me, hate me, forget me; but do not torture me so.

Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (via wholesomeobsessive)

If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other people’s vanity and foolishness.

Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus (via wholesomeobsessive)

Peggy doesn’t ‘get’ Joanna’s humour, because Peggy’s form of charisma is more terrifying and sexy than it is comic.

Normal People by Sally Rooney (via wholesomeobsessive)

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Jane Austen, Persuasion (via wholesomeobsessive)