Cari Mcaskill

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them.
-Carrie Bradshaw”
― Candace Bushnell

“Power and Gender in Renaissance Spain: Eight Women of the Mendoza Family, 1490–1650, edited by Helen Nader; The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience by Jane S. Gerber; The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen; Secret Jews: The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism by Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez; To Embody the Marvelous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain by Esther Fernández; Speaking of Spain: The Evolution of Race and Nation in the Hispanic World by Antonio Feros; Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II by Geoffrey Parker; Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age by Marcelin Defourneaux; Daily Life During the Spanish Inquisition by James M. Anderson; Inquisition and Society in the Kingdom of Valencia, 1478–1834 by Stephen Haliczer; In Spanish Prisons: The Inquisition at Home and Abroad by Arthur Griffiths; At the First Table: Food and Social Identity in Early Modern Spain by Jodi Campbell; Picatrix: A Medieval Treatise on Astral Magic, translated and with an introduction by Dan Attrell and David Porreca; Trezoro Sefaradi: Folklor de la Famiya Djudiya by Beki Bardavid and Fani Ender; Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick by Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt; “A Conversation in Proverbs: Judeo-Spanish Refranes in”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“You know the reason The Beatles made it so big?...'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24/7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche...or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful song of the past fifty years can be traced back to 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' And every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding.”
― David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist