"I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards."

“I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart - so hard, it hurt me. A hundred times I almost rose, almost went in to her; a hundred times I thought, Go to her! Why are you waiting? Go back to her side! But every time, I thought of what would happen if I did. I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her.”

Source : Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.153, Penguin

“I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine the other. An agenda, again, that seems more important now than ever.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.”

“The fashion editor as it used to be has changed. Now you have to wear many hats, and whoever tells you differently is wrong. Now you're on TV, whether you want it or not.”

“I'm very lucky in that I've gotten to do a lot of things. But if you ever put a gun to my head and said, "You can only do one," I'd think it would be stand-up. I think it's the coolest job in the world.”

“I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.”

Source : "*Cinderella'*s Laura Osnes: My Co-star Santino Fontana Is the Reason I Met My Husband". Interview with Andrea Cuttler, www.vanityfair.com. March 15, 2013.

“This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.”

“To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.”