Defne

“I thought that any joy in my life had to be paid for with something unpleasant. Perhaps this was a fatal law.”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada

“Some creatures are born to live, others to work, others to watch life. I had a small, miserable role as spectator. Impossible to get out of it. Impossible to free myself. A dreadful grief was the only reality for me then.”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada