I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination; but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have known instinctively that they neither had nor could have sympathy with anything in me, and should have shunned them as one would fire, lightning, or anything else that is bright but antipathetic. Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre Jane Eyre beauty ideals attraction
Holding two incompatible ideas in your head at the same time and accepting both of them that's the best of being human. Russian Doll Season 1 Episode 5 Ruth Brenner essence, bottom line, gist human, people thinking
People like you have a hard time. Two sides of the same coin. You’ve got your gift... and you’ve got what it costs. Hard to say for you what that will be. You'll have your time in the sun, but for how long? You've got so much anger in you. You'll have to be carefull. The Queen's Gambit Season 1 Episode 4 Mr. Schable talent fee, payment human, people