Eulalia Eisenbeisz

“One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.”
― Agatha Christie

“There was a man named Ingjald who lived on Hefne, an islandin Halgoland in the north. He was a worthy farmer and went raiding by summer but did not stir during the winters.”

(Vatnsdaela Saga)”
― Jane Smiley, The Sagas of Icelanders

“Simply to think of fixing any of it took more energy than she could muster. Only weeks ago she had been so full of expectation and vigor. Now the room felt like a coffin, and her life stopped at its edges.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“It is not true, always, my dear,' said he, 'that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach; at least it’s not the only way.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories