“But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine; she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“We are only asked to love, to offer hope to the many hopeless. We don’t get to choose all the endings, but we are asked to play the rescuers. We won’t solve all mysteries and our hearts will certainly break in such a vulnerable life, but it is the best way. We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we’re called home.”
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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“For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond any doubt, that everything was going to be alright.”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. ”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
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