Madi

“For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle familiar attitude and all the attendant circumstances, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind - a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed. He was in the Charybdis of passion, and must perforce circle and circle ever nearer round the fatal centre.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“It's not fair, men get to go off and chase around the country and get medals for doing stupid things and women get to sit home and worry.”
― Nancy E. Turner

“When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out.

But it's a lie.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls