Catherine

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
― Roald Dahl, The Twits

“When you have truly come to know a person, Nella -- when you see beneath the sweeter gestures, the smiles -- when you see the rage and the pitiful fear which each of us hide -- then forgiveness is everything. We are all in desperate need of it.”
― Jessie Burton

“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
― C.S. Lewis

“But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.”
― Jessie Burton