Violet Perry (Just a Bookish Blog)

“But how sins could be forgiven, how Jesus could have taken them upon himself with death and then come to life again, how they could somehow partake of a world beyond the physical one she so loved…those were the things that belonged to faith. Those were the things science couldn’t explain, and didn’t need to.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“Have you ever been hurt by someone you loved, Carpenter, but loved that person anyway?"

"Indeed, I have."

"And? Was it worth it?"

"Every single time.”
― Rachel Hauck, To Love a Prince”
― Rachel Hauck, To Love a Prince

“We forget sometimes that parents--even uncles--have lives of their own. Worlds of their own. Sides of themselves we never see and never dream are there. Even when someone describes those lives to us, we can't believe them. We know better.”
― Julianna Deering, Rules of Murder

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey