Christina

“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― Anthony Trollope, The Warden

“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson

“I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.”
― Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

“Jane Austen has taught me to view the ridiculous and rude with amusement rather than disdain.”
― Natalie Tyler