Adulthood Quote by Susan Choi

“Desire didn’t always mean a choice was easier to make. Sometimes it was harder, because it meant so much more.”

— Megan Hart

“Desire was its own reward, and a rarer luxury than you'd think. You could sometimes buy what you wanted; you could never buy wanting…

— Lionel Shriver

“The Empire does not require that its servants love each other, merely that they perform their duty.”

— J. M. Coetzee

“Sometimes, in fact, it was the people who loved us the most who felt it was their responsibility to train us to struggle.”

— Marianne Williamson

“Obi loved her. But duty was duty. It was as simple as that. She ought to understand. Duty was often stronger than love.”

— Chika Unigwe

“There is already enough wars in this world. Love was not meant to be one of them, Save the ammunition.”

— Cody Solomon

“neither of them forgave themselves for not being able to give the women they loved more than anything what they wanted more than anything.”

— Fredrik Backman

“There were never two people more ill suited for a relationship than us. We were all wrong. We didn’t stand a chance. And that…

— A. Meredith Walters

“But they wanted the same things, and it wasn't a lot. Just someone who would be there for them, despite everything else, forever. Everyone…

— Lisa Henry

“Rivalry adds so much to the charm of one’s conquests.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Sometimes it’s what you can’t have that you desire the most,”

— Grace Willows

“people saw what they wanted to, expected to, and so rarely what was.”

— Lauren Gilley