Captain Silvia

“Well, if it is snobbish to exercise one's taste, then I admit I am a snob.”
― Ita Daly, The Lady with the Red Shoes, and Other Stories

“Kissing was very much like eating. But instead of reducing the appetite, the food consumed actually increased it.”
― Matt Haig, The Humans

“Isn't it incredible that millions and millions of the world's children don't get to live life, but simply go through each day hoping to survive?”
― Carmen Aguirre

“You are up against the most awful moment in your life and your whole future depends on what you are going to do in the next hour, nothing less.
You've got to strike for your freedom and strike now for the moment may not come again.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House