C.A. > C.A.'s Quotes

“Her grief is still too young to behave itself, so she never lets it out.”
― Thomas Moran, The World I Made for Her

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction that what she wanted could exist, if she dared to find it.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski