Ella

“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“We were predictable to each other, like two halves of the same brain.”
― Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

“Love can’t cure a mental illness.”
― Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Four