Nokas

“The waste of intelligence. A community that finds it natural to suffocate with the care of home and children so many women’s intellectual energies is its own enemy and doesn’t realize it.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Neapolitan Novels

“It’s as simple as this: if you find something difficult and you do it anyway (whether it turns out the way you want or not), this is a success.”
― Claire Eastham, We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

“In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn't change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit