“Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don’t you?” Sarah Waters book The Paying Guests Source: The Paying Guests Madness
“But, here was a curious thing. The more I tried to give up thinking of her, the more I said to myself, 'She's nothing to you', the harder I tried to pluck the idea of her out of my heart, the more she stayed there.” Sarah Waters book Fingersmith Source: Fingersmith Idea , Thinking , Heart