Manja

“There's a thing Soulanges said. 'A window looks outside but a painting should do the opposite - it should look inside of us.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“We’re here to wander through other people’s stories, searching for our own.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Hearts aren't chessboards, and they don't play by the rules.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“This is why fairy tales are dangerous: their words sneak into your veins and travel into the chambers of your heart, where they whisper of your exceptionalism. They say: Ah, but remember the boy who walked into the woods and came out a king? Oh, but what of the girl who was kicked and slept in ashes? Remember the man who was only kind and so life bent around the shape of his smile? But we are not exceptional.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride