Nathalia

“Daphnis is beautiful, yes, but so are the flowers. His pipe sends forth beautiful sounds, yes, but so do the nightingales. But no words come to me about those things. I wish that I could be his pipe so he could breathe into me all day.

— - Longus, Daphnis and Chloe”
― Longus, Daphnis & Chloe

“Maybe if he read enough novels about the problems of fictional people, he might find some clue about how to solve his own.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra

“His heart ached as if eaten away by poisons.”
― Longus, Daphnis & Chloe

“But life is what novels are about. A novel can contain more truth than a thousand newspaper articles or scientific papers. It can make you imagine, just for a little while, that you’re someone else—and then you understand more about people who are different from you.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra