Debbs R

“You invent yourself,’ I said softly, to the shadows inside the hair that fallen over my face. ‘You look at other women – or men; you try on their lives for size. You take what you can use, and you look inside yourself for what you can’t find elsewhere. And always … always … you wonder if you’re doing it right.”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

“If I do this, then that will happen, but if I do that, then this, this, and the other thing will happen, which will yield an entirely different result, which could mean that—”
― Julia Quinn, On the Way to the Wedding

“And then, because they were both Englishwomen and their hearts were somewhat broken, they turned back into the room and put on the kettle and made themselves a cup of tea.”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Song for Summer