Bruna

“The ones that speak to me are those whose final pages admit there is no going back. That every good thing must end. That every bad thing does too, that everything does.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“That’s one of the hardest parts of being an artist, you know—learning to be patient with yourself when you’re not as good as you want to be.”
― T. Kingfisher, Illuminations

“I can count on one hand with fingers to spare the number of heterosexual relationships I know in which the man creates the domestic and other conditions for the woman to enjoy her time in life to an equal extent as she does for him. Things in the rear-view mirror are closer than they appear. To benefit from the work of someone who is invisible and unpaid and whom it is not necessary to thank because it is their inescapable purpose in life to attend to you, is to be able to imagine that you accomplished what you did alone and unaided – whether you wrested a fortune from a conquered isle, or words from the void.”
― Anna Funder, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life

“You girls go to bed now!” called Grandmama. “No more giggling or talking about boys or whatever it is you do!” “Boys!” muttered Serena. “That’s just what we don’t need.” “I thought you liked boys,” whispered Rosa. “To look at. Not to do important stuff.”
― T. Kingfisher, Illuminations