June 2013
10 posts
“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.”
—William S. Burroughs (via petrichour)
“She liked the taste of her own blood, salty and ferric. She was sure she had read somewhere that there was salt in the blood because all life began in the sea, but she found it hard to believe.”
—Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn
May 2013
8 posts
“Mademoiselle is a fairy,” he said, whispering mysteriously.”
—Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (via rabbitinthemoon)