Soullessmaiden

“People liked to think of beauty as some natural gift, but Savine firmly believed that just about anyone could be beautiful, if they worked hard at it and spent enough money. It was merely a question of emphasising the good, disguising the bad and painfully squeezing the average into the most impressive configuration. Very much like business, really.”
― Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred

“Jag har gråa dagar och svarta stunder. Jag är inte lycklig. Dock känner jag ingen som jag ville byta med; mitt hjärta krymper ihop vid föreställningen att jag kunde vara den eller den bland mina bekanta. Nej, jag ville inte vara någon annan.
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Jag tycker inte särdeles mycket om mig själf, hvarken skalet eller innanmätet. Men jag ville inte vara någon annan.”
― Hjalmar Söderberg, Doctor Glas

“... but we cannot go back to happier times. We can only live in the present, and right now that present is painful.”
― Christie Golden, Before the Storm

“Love was as absent to me as sunshine on a rainy day, and it would be a long time before the clouds would clear.”
― Shauna Lawless, The Words of Kings and Prophets