Nastia

“I was born to be a spinster, and, by God, I'm going to spin.”
― Winifred Holtby

“Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants.”
― Margaret Atwood, Der blinde Mörder

“And suddenly, as he noted the fine shades of manner by which she harmonized herself with her surroundings, it flashed on him that, to need such adroit handling, the situation must indeed be desperate.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth