Stela

“Knowledge was always the power that kept the Universe in its place and the stars turning in their orbits.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at the expense of another.”
― P.D. Ouspensky, The Fourth Way: An Arrangement by Subject of Verbatim Extracts from the Records of Ouspensky's Meetings in London and New York, 1921-46

“Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.”
― Rachel Caine, Total Eclipse

“Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere”
― Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole