Alla

“I had vowed it before, but vows are but a paper study for a monument in stone, to be carved out with much sweat, perhaps not without injury, before the thing stands to be admired.”
― Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt

“A thought is developing like a ghost on a Polaroid.”
― Isaac Marion Warm Bodies

“He took with him into private life his enemies and his wounds, the only profits that generally accrue to honest people who are guilty of having worked for their country rather than for themselves.”
― Alexander Dumas, The Black Tulip

“...the endless labour of rolling human stupidity up the steep hill of understanding.”
― Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep