Ivana

“But even as I yearn for it, I fear it. Because the more I see of this cruel world, the less I believe it ends in some pleasant fiction.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“There should be a word for the microscopic spark of hope that you dare not entertain in case the mere act of acknowledging it will cause it to vanish, like trying to look at a photon. You can only sidle up to it, lookong past it, walking past it, waiting for it to get big enough to face the world”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

“Maybe that's just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“Harry doesn't like people, you see." "I do like people," Harry said. "I just don't like being with them. Particularly when there's a lot of them at the same time.”
― Jo Nesbø, The Thirst