Irish

“When someone you love, dies, it’s as if they leave you with half shares of your life together. The person you were in their eyes dies with them.”
― Elizabeth Noble, The Reading Group

“But I’m not interested in protecting you; I want to make sure the world is respecting you. Because if we genuinely respect women and teach that respect from an early age, you won’t need some man to protect you.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, Behind Every Good Man

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Private, intimate, a book was something she could pull around and over herself, like a quilt.”
― David Nicholls, You Are Here