Passant Maged

“for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

“I was quiet, but I was not blind.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“She laughed. Because she knew she was not perfect. And that made her more beautiful.”
― Avijeet Das

“It was cruel. Like opening a birdcage to let the bird fly out, whilst all the while it's tethered by the leg, and freedom is only an illusion.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer