Francesca > Francesca's Quotes

“Ashley,
I caught a bear today in the new trap. We’re taking it a hundred miles north. That’s a hundred miles closer to where you are. I’ve decided units and measurements of distance are bullshit. With you there are only two distances that matter:
Here.
Not here.
You are not here.
- Drew”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“Take romance for instance. Fictional women in romance novels never get their period. They never have morning breath. They orgasm seventeen times a day. And they never seem to have jobs with bosses.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“With enough use, practice, and honing of skill, words were the weapons of choice used by exceptional writers and poets. Minds can be changed, hearts can be lost and broken, souls can be surrendered given the right words.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“We’re taking it a hundred miles north.
That’s a hundred miles closer to where you are.
I’ve decided units and measurements of distance are bullshit.
With you there are only two distances that matter:
Here.
Not here.
You are not here.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“There is a stillness that accompanies the death of a loved one. Everything becomes quieter, but it’s not just sound that is dimmed. Movement, action, perception, emotion—everything is distant and removed.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“Rise. «I grandi quadri – la gente accorre per vederli, attirano folle, sono riprodotti all’infinito sulle tazze e sui tappetini dei mouse e su qualunque cosa. E, questo riguarda anche me, puoi passare una vita intera a visitare musei con grande piacere, un bel giretto, e poi via, a pranzo da qualche parte. Ma…» tornò a sedersi sul tavolo, «se un quadro ti affonda davvero nel cuore e cambia il tuo modo di vedere, e di pensare, e di provare emozioni, non pensi, “oh, amo questo quadro perché è universale”, “amo questo quadro perché parla a tutto il genere umano”. Non è questa la ragione per cui ci si innamora di un’opera d’arte. È un sospiro segreto in un vicolo. Pss, tu. Ehi ragazzino. Sì, proprio tu.»”
― Donna Tartt