Bee☕

“The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.”
― Daniel Pennac, Comme un roman

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
― C.S. Lewis

“There are two types of women in the world, Beattie, those who do things and those who have things done to them.”
― Kimberley Freeman, Wildflower Hill

“…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that.”

He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms, one and then the other, his breath warm and his beard-stubble soft on my fingers.

“I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said softly. “And you know that.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood