“Perhaps the future belongs to magic, and it's we women who control magic.”
― Rushing to Paradise
― Rushing to Paradise
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― The Uses of Literature
― The Uses of Literature
“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.”
― A Home at the End of the World
― A Home at the End of the World
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