Nastia

“Sharper than a serpent's tooth is a daughter's ingratitude. Still, the proudest spirits can be broken, with love.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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

“Let us have the luxury of silence.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“That's Lily all over, you know: she works like a slave preparing the ground and sowing her seed; but the day she ought to be reaping the harvest she over-sleeps herself or goes off on a picnic.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth