Lucy

“And there is a dignity in people; a solitude; even between husband and wife a gulf; and that one must respect, thought Clarissa, watching him open the door; for one would not part with it oneself, or take it, against his will, from one's husband, without losing one's independence, one's self-respect—something, after all, priceless.”
― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

“I will love you forever" swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday" - Is that still as easy?”
― W.H. Auden

“Xét cho cùng, ở đời ai cũng khổ. Người khổ cách này, người cách khác. Bí quyết là biết tìm cái vui trong cái khổ. Vì chỉ sống thôi cũng đã quý lắm rồi. Người ta không bao giờ nên phí phạm cái sống, coi thường sự sống.”
― Thạch Lam

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway