Silvia

“She had always hoped that Jane could have looked out over her surroundings and thought: ‘I can create a better world than this’, or ‘You’re much too unbearably boring, and perhaps I can’t say anything about it without being impolite, but you are going to be absolutely wonderful in my next book. I need another ridiculous minister.’ Still, Sara couldn’t help but wonder what life must be like if you couldn’t daydream about Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy (how had she decided on that name? One of literary history’s most inexplicable mysteries), because you yourself had created him.”
― Katarina Bivald, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

“Thinking carefully is something that happens to other people”
― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another

“A woman who knew her own mind and scorned the conventions of polite society. We were going to get along just fine.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

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― Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Two Other Plays