Eszter

“But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.”
― Jessie Burton

“We studied men like him at school – protected gentlemen, rich gentlemen, white gentlemen, who picked up pens and wrote the world for the rest of us to read.”
― Jessie Burton, The Muse

“Like most artists, everything I produced was connected to who I was - and so I suffered according to how my work was received. The idea that anyone might be able to detach their personal value from their public output was revolutionary.”
― Jessie Burton, The Muse

“She had never had a friend like this, in her private room, combing her hair, listening to her, talking about silly nonsense and the uselessness of one's parents; how the future was perfect, because they hadn't lived it yet.”
― Jessie Burton, The Muse