Rebeka Schwarz

“Because I believe there is nothing so self-destroying, and no emotion quite so despicable, as jealousy.”
― Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel

“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

“You are mine, and Heaven itself cannot rescue you from my power.”
― Matthew Lewis, The Monk

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