Matilda

“The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, and it still is like trying to stem the tide with a sieve. The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it … some stories just don’t have a happy ending.”
― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time

“Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall