Josephine

“That all courage was a form of constancy. That it was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.”
― Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

“Christ died to free us from the burden of our sin, but he never, so far as she could see, lifted a finger to free us from our stupidity.”
― Hilary Mantel, Fludd

“Every possession is a loss,”
― Hilary Mantel, Fludd

“People say, “loss,” she reflected, but they do not know what innocence is like. Innocence is a bleeding wound without a bandage, a wound that opens with every casual knock from casual passers-by. Experience is armour; and she felt already clad.”
― Hilary Mantel, Fludd