—Jocelyn knows I’m waiting for Bennie. But Bennie is waiting for Alice, who’s waiting for Scotty, who’s waiting for Jocelyn. Jocelyn is waiting for Lou.
No one is waiting for me. In this story, I’m the girl no one is waiting for.

Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad (via facethedawn)

I don’t know if I’ll ever understand what it is that people like about this passage because it’s not true. Is that why? There is no girl that nobody is waiting for, you know that right?

(via libraryland)