Sasha L

“Poverty in girls is not attractive unless combined with sweet sluttishness, stupidity.”
― Alice Munro, Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories

“для успеха на службе были нужны не усилия, не труды, не храбрость, не постоянство, а нужно было только умение обращаться с теми, которые вознаграждают за службу, – и он часто удивлялся своим быстрым успехам”
― Leo Tolstoy, Война и мир

“Couples tended to be of roughly equivalent personal attractiveness, though of course factors such as money often seemed to secure a partner of significantly better looks than oneself.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling

“She looked the way people look at that time in their relationship when they’re absolutely sure the other person loves them and they haven’t started to love that person any less yet.”
― Anna North, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark