Sydney

“Tell me, niña, when faced with a serious problem, what do many people ask their friends to do for them? Send up a kind word to heaven on their behalf, no? It's the same with the saints. They are just people, but perhaps they have a better perspective than we have down here.”
― Ashlee Cowles, Beneath Wandering Stars

“Books are not really just books at all, but doorways. They are portals into places I've never been and people I'll never be.”
― Ashley Poston, Bookish and the Beast

“But there is so much more in those words than just loving books. I love the smell of them. I love the way their bindings look pressed together on a shelf. I love the feel of pages buzzing through my fingers. I love big books and small books. I love words and how they're strung together, and most of all, I love the stories. I love how books are not really just books at all, but doorways.”
― Ashley Poston, Bookish and the Beast

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a brilliant idea, conceived and executed by a clever young woman, must be claimed by a man.”
― Tirzah Price, Pride and Premeditation