Lara

“She thinks of how much more space a being occupies in life than it does in death; how much illusion of size is contained in gestures and movements, in breathing. Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious.”
― E.M. Forster, Howards End

“It was the central thing; it was the way you understood yourself; if it never happened to you, not ever, you would be like a mutant, a creature from outer space. Everyone knew that. Falling”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“Ladies sheltering behind men, men sheltering behind servants - the whole system's wrong, and she must challenge it.”
― E.M. Forster, Howards End: Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism