Status Updates From Villette (Penguin Popular C...

okay the whole monsieur/madamosielle bit was straight up flirting right? also crazy how this book just drops an apparition every now and then like i forget it’s gothic.

Yesterday, I could not have believed that earth held, or life afforded, moments like the few I was now passing. Countless times it had been my lot to watch apprehended sorrow close darkly in; but to see unhoped-for happiness take form, find place, and grow more real as the seconds sped, was indeed a new experience.