Spiritedbookishbabe

“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

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

“Since the ask is an “emotional firecracker” with emotions running quite high, it is important to drill down and see how important your tone of voice is when you ask. While the selection of your words when you make your ask is incredibly important, as you will see in the later chapters, my expression is “Your tone is as important as your words.”
― 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