Emily

“You know, some people get so used to looking out at life from the edge of their cage that they stop seeing the bars. I’ve never forgotten them, I’ve just learned how to live inside on my own terms.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore

“Sometimes, the braver thing is to accept help when you’ve been made to believe you shouldn’t need it.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore

“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or any person who is wholly unconnected with me.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked. It was a gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice