Emily

“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
― Gertrude Stein

“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”
― Edith Wharton

“Looking out of the window at the infinite sky, I prayed out, 'Dear Baby Jesus, I am sorry for my sin, even though I do not know what they are, which seems a bit unfair if it is going to be held against me. But that is your way. And I am not questioning your wisdomosity. In future, however, would it be possible for my life to be not so entirely crap? Thank you.”
― Louise Rennison, Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
― Katherine Mansfield