Marcella

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.”
― Marcel Proust

“Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.”
― marquis de sade