Serena Jampel

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.”
― Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis

“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero