—Actually we did not have the feelings we said we had until we spoke them— at least I didn’t; to phrase them was to invent them and own them.

Philip Roth (via libraryland)

I usually don’t reblog quotes unless I know where they are from but this felt so spot on to me. Sometimes I wish I thought more before I spoke, sometimes I wish I didn’t talk so much but sometimes I feel like I am nothing until I articulate it, invent it.