“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
“The world was a series of fenced-off fields, each patch of grass categorically greener than its neighbours”
― The Book Eaters
― The Book Eaters
“We who lack faith and long for it are the children out in the snow, noses pressed to the sweet-shop window”
― Swimming with Seals
― Swimming with Seals
“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
― Paradise Lost
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
― Paradise Lost
“I think a part of me has always thought of myself as sixteen, no matter how many years have passed”
― Girls Made of Snow and Glass
― Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Isobel’s 2025 Year in Books
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