Johannes Lilover

“I lived in pain because I chose to live in pain. Somewhere along the line, I fell in love with the idea of tragedy, the idea that I was destined to live a tragic life. I had this romantic idea about the life of a writer and what he was supposed to suffer. [...:] Somehow I made my own pain a kind of god.”
― Benjamin Alire Saenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster

“The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster

“I'll go to bed, forget myself in sleep.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book