“Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a sinister purpose as well. There were fewer people to whom Anna was accountable. It’s the easiest way to lie and not get caught: make yourself matter to no one”
“Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a sinister purpose as well. There were fewer people to whom Anna was accountable. It’s the easiest way to lie and not get caught: make yourself matter to no one”
Jill Alexander Essbaum
“Even the loveliest shoulders can bear but so much.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a sinister purpose as well. There were fewer people to whom Anna was accountable. It’s the easiest way to lie and not get caught: make yourself matter to no one”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“Four simple chambers.A thousand complicated doors.One of them is yours.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“Is that not always the case? Given any two people in a relationship, one will always love more, the other less. Right?”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“But pain is an impatient customer. It wouldn't be long before it demanded attention.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“Even the ugliest swan is still more beautiful than the loveliest crown on the fence, Anna thought”
Jill Alexander Essbaum“There is a correlation between the severity of a person’s moods and a lack of self-knowledge.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau“No one is promised a tomorrow. She had been wrong about every man she loved or said she loved. She’d been wrong about everything. She’d entered into her life in the middle of its story. She had confused herself with the actress who portrayed her.”
Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau“Shames the shadow of love she thought”
Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau“Ghosts,” Doktor Messerli continued, “aren’t always the spirits of the human dead bound to the earth. A ghost can be the residual feeling that follows an act you have accomplished but feel bad about. Or the act itself. Something you’ve been or done that you cannot escape.”
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