Lilya Benmesbah

“Amusement flashed in his eyes. I had fed off that look once, when I had been starving and thought such crumbs a feast.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“You'd be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. It's the saddest thing I know.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel

“Men theorize about love, but women are more often love's practitioners. Most men feel that they receive love and therefore know what it feels like to be loved; women often feel we are in constant state of yearning, wanting love but not receiving it.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray