Elena Varg

“Time interacts with attention in funny ways.
At one extreme, when Ruth was gripped by the compulsive mania and hyperfocus of an Internet search, the hours seemed to aggregate and swell like a wave, swallowing huge chunks of her day.
At the other extreme, when her attention was disengaged and fractured, she experienced time at its most granular, wherein moments hung around like particles, diffused and suspended in standing water.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“I’m good, but not good enough, which is worse than simply being bad.”
― Raven Leilani, Luster

“––the maleness and femaleness of the characters in the story are far less important than the proscribed process.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr Renfield: 'Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself’, to which, to my astonishment, he replied: 'Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula