Katie

“...and to this hour the image of Carmilla returns to mind with ambiguous alterations--sometimes the playful, languid, beautiful girl; sometimes the writhing fiend I saw in the ruined church; and often from a reverie I have started, fancying I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing room door.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

“I have never been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you.”
― Sheridan le Fanu, Carmilla

“I'm sick to death of this particular self. I want another.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches