"YOU COULDN’T MAKE YOURSELF STOP FEELING A CERTAIN WAY, NO MATTER WHAT THE OTHER PERSON DID. YOU HAD TO JUST WAIT. EVENTUALLY THE FEELING WENT AWAY BECAUSE OTHERS CAME ALONG. OR SOMETIMES IT DIDN’T GO AWAY BUT GOT SQUEEZED INTO SOMETHING TINY, AND HUNG LIKE A PIECE OF TINSEL IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND."

Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout