Anna

“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. With him, she was at ease; her skin felt as though it was her right size.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“We are each mistresses of our own happiness. We ought not to look to others to supply it.”
― Paula Brackston, The Silver Witch

“Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. . . And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn’t need to hate.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Quintet