Ssia

“That love which does not build a foundation on good sense is doomed.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
― Jane Austen, Emma