Spiritedbookishbabe

“if you have the ability
to imagine a better world
you also have the power
to create it”
― k.tolnoe, The Orchid

“Drawing upon my days as a litigation attorney, I told Anna that cases and confrontational situations are “won on facts”: “Stick to the facts. Lay out the facts with suggested solutions in plain and simple terms and in a calm voice, which would win over some board members and, in time, your CEO and COO.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“Vita has been twice. She is doomed to go to Persia; and I mind the thought so much (thinking to lose sight of her for five years) that I conclude I am genuinely fond of her.”
― Virginia Woolf

“I enjoyed your intimate letter from the Dolomites. It gave me a great deal of pain – which is I've no doubt the first stage of intimacy – no friends, no heart, only an indifferent head. Never mind: I enjoyed your abuse very much [...]
But I will not go on else I should write you a really intimate letter, and then you would dislike me, more, even more, than you do.”
― Virginia Woolf