pick“Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps. . . perhaps. . .love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.”
so-so“There are shows that turn a theatre into a dark and suffocating coffin. And there are others that turn you on and resuscitate your soul. Life. That‘s the most important thing.”
pick“Love and hate are visceral. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person. The heart in your chest beats heavy and bright, nearly visible through your flesh and clothes. Your appetite and sleep are schredded. Every interaction spikes your blood with adrenaline, and you're in the brink of fight or flight. Your body is barely under your control. You're consumed, and it scares you.”
pick“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.”
pick“Nora wanted him. 𝘏𝘪𝘮. Slow, shy, stuttering, Ennis Bear Freeman.”
pick“‘Tonight I am transformed,‘ she whispered. ‘Tomorrow I shall disappear.‘”
pick“You know, if mankind has one superpower, it‘s gaslighting women into thinking they‘re the problem.”
pick“‘Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.‘”
pick“And then there was Kate Sheffield.
The bane of his existence.
And the object of his desires.
All at once.”
pick“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
pick“Is it so very unfashionable to love one‘s wife?”
pick“Perhaps there is some sort of secret, homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.”
pick“Elizabeth gave him that lively smile that was sure to set Darcy‘s heart racing”
pick“His heart is scattered around me, and any hint of uncertainty vanishes.”
pick“Nothing was wrong with Tress. Her mind was functioning properly. She hadn‘t lost her creativity. She hadn‘t run out of ideas. She was simply tired.”
Second favorite quote:
“Tell me… what is your opinion of tiny pirate hats?”
pick“To surrender one's books, well: it is to surrender part of one's soul.”
pick“Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.”
