Maithili Padukone

“The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one another during the annual epidemic of the influenza or Spanish Plague which occurred in her twentieth year, she was discovered to possess every art and grace save that of earning her own living.”
― Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm

“we lived in the gaps between the stories”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“When power is scarce, a little of it is tempting.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale