Mary

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
― Neil Gaiman

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
― Tom Robbins

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn