Anna

“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

“We both speak of illuminating the world, but we have different sources of light,”
― Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent

“The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.”
― Iain M. Banks

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