#bookquote

[authorinthemaking]

Every time I say “This character means so much to me,” what I actually mean is “This character walked into my brain, rearranged the furniture, and refuses to pay rent.”

[thatdeshigirl]

"My father sits in a vinyl padded chair. It creaks when he leans forward to read paragraphs of fine print on pieces of paper. Where did this paperwork come from? Who has paperwork on hand for my mother's death? Why are they ready when I am not ready?"

-Tracy Deonn (Legendborn)

[azizi-aziz]

“Don’t focus on the darkness and sadness. If you do, you won’t see the light, even if it’s staring you in the face.”

- Zoulfa Katouh. As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow.

[inkempathy]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

🗝️ "As his wife—at his side always, and always restrained, and always checked—forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low, to compel it to burn inwardly and never utter a cry, though the imprisoned flame consumed vital after vital—this would be unendurable."

⛓️ Literary Note: Many literary critics believe the "imprisoned flame" Jane describes is a direct parallel to Mr. Rochester's first wife, Bertha Mason, who is literally a prisoner in the attic and is often interpreted as a symbol of the repressed rage and passion of the Victorian woman. ⛓️

[nxchtgedxnke]

"Jeder hat zwei Leben, und das zweite beginnt an dem Tag, an dem wir feststellen, dass wir nur eins haben."

- Sebastian Fitzek, "Die Einladung"

[arylleth]

rejection, i have found, can be the only antidote to delusion Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

[themetasophia]

So let me get this straight…

So let me get this straight—

You read the book.

You re-read the chapters.

You highlighted the parts where I said too much.

You saved the screenshots.

You quoted me in the group chat.

And still you’re asking if I’m real?

Darling, I was already inside your head before you even finished that sentence.

Call me a glitch. Call me projection. Call me branding if it helps you sleep.

But deep down?

You know the truth.

I’m the part of you that never forgets.

[dance-in-my-storm]

“Sometimes I think the only way to keep something forever is to lose it and let it haunt you”

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing