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"Cyrus will be played by David Corenswet in my brain, thank you." — Oct 25, 2025 09:27PM
"Cyrus will be played by David Corenswet in my brain, thank you." — Oct 25, 2025 09:27PM
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam,” he murmurs. “What does that mean? You’ve written it on several notes, and you’ve got it stuck to your desk at the office, too.” I raise my brows, surprised he noticed that. “It roughly translates to I’ll either find a way or create one. It’s my favorite quote, and it’s the one that kept me going throughout the years.”
― The Temporary Wife
― The Temporary Wife
“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“You were never a pawn. You were always my queen. Everyone knew it but you.”
― The Temporary Wife
― The Temporary Wife
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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