Rebeka Schwarz

“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is
alone.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“I lined a fishing net with heavy-gauge plastic. Inside I placed what I thought was the right amount of nesting material for two such enormous birds. It approximated to three days’ fuel. This was no insignificant amount and I knew that I might be colder because I had given it away. But what is a few days of feeling cold compared to a new albatross in the World?..”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“I suppose a cry does us all good at times-clears the air as other rain does.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“It is strange how in moments of great crisis the mind whips back to childhood.”
― Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel