"The Woman Upstairs" Quotes
"The Woman Upstairs" by Claire Messud explores the complexities of ambition, love, and societal expectations through the life of Nora Eldridge, a frustrated schoolteacher who grapples with her unfulfilled desires and the consequences of a transformative friendship.
fiction | 272 pages | Published in 2013
Quotes
How angry am I? You don't want to know. Nobody wants to know about that.
I'm tired of being nice. I'm tired of being good.
We're all angry, aren't we? We're all amped up, jacked into the system.
I'm mad at everything. I'm mad at everybody.
I'm not angry, not really. I'm just disappointed.
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have friends and those who are lonely.
We're all willing to be happy when the world makes it easy, but his happiness is his own responsibility.
I've been the good girl, the helpful one, the one to count on. And I'm tired of that.
I'm making a mess. I'm making a big mess.
I'm not who I thought I was. I'm not who I want to be.
