Paula

“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“...the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“It bothers you, doesn’t it?” Mia said suddenly. “I think you can’t imagine. Why anyone would choose a different life from the one you’ve got. Why anyone might want something other than a big house with a big lawn, a fancy car, a job in an office. Why anyone would choose anything different than what you’d choose.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“Power always comes with a measure of loneliness”
― Haruko Ichikawa, 宝石の国 4 [Houseki no Kuni 4]