Amelie

“calling things by their right names is more than giving them an identity bracelet or a label, or a serial number. We summon a vision. Naming is power.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story

“I guess love laughs at history a little.”
― Sebastian Barry, Days Without End

“Every moment is an edict spoken by its past. The past is the real tyranny.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant

“It's astounding the first time you realize that a stranger has a body - the realization that he has a body makes him a stranger. It means that you have a body, too. You will live with this forever, and it will spell out the language of your life.”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk