A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
“All she needs is to lay down a few sentences, sometimes just a few words, on paper to feel soothed, for a moment delivered from this nameless, pointless urgency that consumes her. Even saved. What is the catastrophe from which she tries to rip these lines? Oblivion, death, the inferno of the world? She couldn't say.”
― Les villes de papier
― Les villes de papier
“She used to say that her secret to life was that she “hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn't come as a surprise.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“The first principle of destiny is that we can only change it in the present. The past is gone and cannot be changed.”
― Designing Destiny
― Designing Destiny
“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“We need that touch from the one we love, almost as much as we need air to breathe. I never understood the importance of touch, his touch... until I couldn't have it.”
― Five Feet Apart
― Five Feet Apart
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