Elena

“Să nu mă tem. Frica ucide mintea. Frica este moartea măruntă, purtătoarea desființării totale. Voi înfrunta frica. O voi lăsa să treacă peste mine, prin mine. Și, după ce va fi trecut, îmi voi întoarce ochiul interior și voi privi în urma ei. Pe unde a trecut frica, nu va mai fi nimic. Voi rămâne doar eu.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“He thought the fear of death was perhaps the root of all art, perhaps also of all things of the mind. We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, as transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something that lasts longer than we do.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
― Louis Adamic

“The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger...”
― Sarah Waters