Emily Anne

“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Wisława Szymborska, Poems New and Collected

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”
― George Sand, Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5