#angela

Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits and give no clue at all to my character, whatever that is. The most difficult performance in the world is acting naturally isn’t it? Everything else is artful. ↗

— Angela Carter

#flesh-and-the-mirror #art

Down the well," Angela repeated, and had to go sit down and hold on to her letter opener. It was in the shape of a dagger. Angela said holding it soothed her; seeing Angela hold it did not soothe Kami. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#funny #funny

She shrugs."Men" "Men." "If we can send one man to the moon, why can't we send them all there? ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#humor #humor

Okay, that was, I have to say, about the cheesiest thing I ever heard in my life,” I say to Angela as we’re milling around afterward. We hug, so Billy can take our picture. “I mean, seriously. Just be? You should write ads for Nike. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#clara #humor #humor

Our purpose on this earth is not one single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing or failing. There's only us, each moment shaping who we are, into what we will become. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#inspirstional #purpose