Iryna Babenko

“And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Days and months are travellers of eternity. So are the years that pass by. Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives travelling. There are a great number of ancients, too, who died on the road. I myself have been tempted for a long time by the cloud-moving wind - filled with a strong desire to wander.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“I'm okay with the fact that sometimes doing the right thing gets ugly...I have compassion for myself. I trust myself. I don't regret it. Because I know I had my reasons, and I did the best I could with every thought and feeling that led up to it”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo