#youngjaneyoung

[tudoquemotiva]

Why are you so quiet?” he asks. Because, you want to say, I am a person with an interior world that you know nothing about.

Gabrielle Zevin, Young Jane Young

[tudoquemotiva]

I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?

Gabrielle Zevin, Young Jane Young

[tudoquemotiva]

When you think of your mother, the word that occurs to you is too. She hugs you too hard, kisses you too long, asks you too many questions, worries too much about your weight/your love life/your friendships/your future/your water consumption. She loves you with an almost religious fervor. She loves you too much. The love makes you feel embarrassed for her and almost guilty—other than be born, what have you done to deserve such love?

Gabrielle Zevin, Young Jane Young

[tudoquemotiva]

My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that hadn’t had enough time to get good again.

Gabrielle Zevin, Young Jane Young