Althea

“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“She wasn’t light; she was color. Every single one…”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury