Sarah

“Wouldn’t it calm your spirits to be reading a book instead?’ Sarah suggested.

Mina’s expression indicated that this was a notion so self-evident as to be stupid, and was about to explain why.

‘Of course I would rather be reading. I would spend all my days reading if I could. But for reasons passing understanding, embroidery is considered a desirable accomplishment in a prospective wife, and therefore it is incumbent upon me to master it, such is my lot. So for pity’s sake, bring tea or I shall run mad.”
― Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh

“I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page.”
― Keri Hulme

“We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1

“Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.”
― Alice Childress