Rita

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Everything seems better in a memory.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“Enemies-to-lovers—it’s our trope, Buxbaum.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“A ruler needs a good head and a true heart,” she famously told the king. “A cock is not essential.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood