Virginia

“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'

I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!”
― Lewis Carroll

“He showed me his scars. And in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.”
― Steven Brust

“We are sorry, we are sorry.
Sorry that you were caught, I said. Sorry that you thought I was weak. But you were wrong.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe