‘Me needlework will always be here,’ she said. ‘I see this and I feel … well, I don’t know the word. Like I’ll always be here.’ ‘Permanent,’ I said. ‘And the rest of the time?’ ‘I feel like a dandelion just before the wind blows.’


“If there is one thing I've learned in more than seven decades of life, it's that the world is a completely fucked-up place. You never know what's around the corner and it's often something unpleasant.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“I've always believed that if women could only collectively harness the power that they have then they'd rule the world.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies

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