Martina

“Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

“It is better to accept what I can do than to yearn hopelessly after what I cannot. “Know thyself”, as the Greeks tell us.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

“I made up my mind that this was going to be my summer. If summer was a book then I was going to write something beautiful in it. In my own handwriting. But I had no idea what to write. And already the book was being written for me. Already it wasn’t all that promising. Already it was about more work and commitments.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“If she wished to act rightly, she must conquer her passions. Her heart had failed her, and now her intellect must take its place. Her reason, and not her feelings, must in future be relied upon to tell her what to do. She must think more and feel less. That way she should do no more damage, either to herself or others.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister