Emily > Emily's Quotes

“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
― A.A. Milne

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism

“It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex