Heather

“You are young and just entering into life,' said He; 'Your heart new to the world
and full of warmth and sensibility, receives its first impressions with eagerness.
Artless yourself, you suspect not others of deceit; and viewing the world through the
medium of your own truth and innocence, you fancy all who surround you to deserve
your confidence and esteem. What pity, that these gay visions must soon be
dissipated! What pity, that you must soon discover the baseness of mankind, and
guard against your fellow-creatures as against your Foes!”
― Matthew Gregory Lewis

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“A person's desires, the things a person found beautiful, were probably best kept to oneself.”
― Victor Lodato

“Even those who loved you best were bound to find the flaws if they stared long enough.”
― Victor Lodato, Edgar and Lucy