Aya Ebrahim

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.”
― Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

“Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.”
― Jane Austen

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion