giuliaisgood

“È sciocco dubitar di se stessi come sarebbe dubitare del proprio miglior amico: anzi si deve cercare di essere il proprio miglior amico e di vivere così in eletta compagnia.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own