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“That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells which.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

“My idea of absolute happiness is to sit in a hot garden all, reading, or writing, utterly safe in the knowledge that the person I love will come home to me in the evening. Every evening.'

'You are a romantic, Edith,' repeated Mr Neville, with a smile.

'It is you who are wrong,' she replied. 'I have been listening to that particular accusation for most of my life. I am not a romantic. I am a domestic animal. I do not sigh and yearn for extravagant displays of passion, for the grand affair, the world well lost for love. I know all that, and know that it leaves you lonely. No, what I crave is the simplicity of routine. An evening walk, arm in arm, in fine weather. A game of cards. Time for idle talk. Preparing a meal together.”
― Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac

“I am in the mood to dissolve into the sky”
― Virginia Wolf

“Which is just to say, be careful when choosing what you’re proud of—because the world has every intention of using it against you.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility