Sofia

“What a triumph for him, as she often thought, could he know that the proposals which she had proudly spurned only four months ago, would now have been most gladly and gratefully received! He was as generous, she doubted not, as the most generous of his sex; but while he was mortal, there must be a triumph.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Y su moraleja es así: 'No hay tercera dimensión, la tierra es plana, el hombre repta. ¡Aleluya!' Quizá sea el diablo quien dice estas cosas, y quizá tú las crees porque te las dice un rey.”
― Julio Cortázar, Historias de cronopios y de famas / Un tal Lucas

“And did I pass?" The face of the old woman on my right was unreadable in the gathering dusk. On my left the younger woman said, "You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane