Anna

“pretending often leads to becoming a reasonable facsimile of what you mimic, even if only from a distance.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

“Romance is natural, nostalgia is natural, but so is moving on.”
― Helena Kelly, Jane Austen, the Secret Radical

“But sometimes two people have a deep connection. It makes romance seem trivial. It isn’t about anything carnal. It’s about souls. About the deepest part of who you are as a person.”
― Nina LaCour, We Are Okay

“if the past is filled with uncertainty and violent change, if the land you’re standing on was once under the sea, you can be sure of anything. How can you rely on tradition or order or identity when the whole world is mutable, when dynasties crumble and all your deepest beliefs might be based on fiction?”
― Helena Kelly, Jane Austen, the Secret Radical