Erin

“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
― John Milton, Areopagitica

“Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“I think I deserve something beautiful.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses”
― Ovid