Louisa

“Cel mai uimitor sentiment din câte cunosc e dorul.Omul are impresia că este total absorbit de realitatea înconjurătoare,acomodat cu mediul,preocupat de noile lui probleme.Și deodată o străfulgerare orbitoare:chipul cuiva,ochii cuiva,ochii și gura cuiva.Le simți cu un realism zguduitor și îți dai seama că tot ce te înconjoară este lipsit de importanță,indiferent,ba chiar dizgrațios.Dizgrațios tocmai de aceea că ne îndepărtează de acele mâini,de acea gură.Cunoști dumneata durerea de inimă,durerea aceea fizică ce ne sfâșie pieptul,scurt și violent?...”
― Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Znachor. Profesor Wilczur

“Ever notice the word 'rough' in through? There is truth to that, though the way may be rough, we are still able to get through it.”
― Anthony Liccione

“They told tales as they sat at their work, and every one related what wonderful things he had seen or experienced. One afternoon I heard an old man among them say that God knew every thing, both what had happened and what would happen. That idea occupied my whole mind, and towards evening, as I went alone from the court, where there was a deep pond, and stood upon some stones which were just within the water, the thought passed through my head, whether God actually knew everything which was to happen there. Yes, he has now determined that I should live and be so many years old, thought I; but, if I now were to jump into the water here and drown myself, then it would not be as he wished; and all at once I was firmly and resolutely determined to drown myself. I ran to where the water was deepest, and then a new thought passed through my soul. "It is the devil who wishes to have power over me!" I uttered a loud cry, and, running away from the place as if I were pursued, fell weeping into my mother's arms. But neither she nor any one else could wring from me what was amiss with me.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

“what matters most is how well you walk through the fire”
― Charles Bukowski