the image of virginia woolf talking to her sister about lesbian sex in the middle of a chemist’s shop in 1929 is never not going to be absolutely hilarious to me
Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had set their books out into the world like ships onto the sea. These books gave Matilda a comforting message: “You are not alone.”
god… the romance of sitting in a room with the person you love, each of you doing your own thing like reading a book or playing a game…. silent but full of love and warmth