Elle

“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day. (p.28)”
― Antonio R. Damasio, The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness

“She's Devine.
She's Magic.
And she didn't have to wait for anyone to tell her in order for her to believe that about herself.
And that's what made her so magically beautiful.”
― C.R. Bittar

“Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“She must protect herself. There would be no one to do it for her. A plan started to prick up its ears inside her, slowly, but getting stronger.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There