Anna

“...you can only value something if you've experienced it.”
― Doris Lessing, The Fifth Child

“You can't just go round murdering people. There are rules, Nimona.”
― N.D. Stevenson, Nimona

“Cora, you cannot always keep yourself away from things that hurt you. We all wish we could, but we cannot: to live at all is to be bruised.”
― Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent

“in the end it was purpose I wanted, not achievement — you see the difference?”
― Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent