Denean

“They were photographs you had to explain, which meant they were a failure.”
― Anna Quindlen, Still Life with Bread Crumbs

“Why was it when someone wanted to do something out of the ordinary, others countered the impulse with shame?”
― Loretta Nyhan, All the Good Parts

“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Healthcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game