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“Was mich betrifft, so hatte ich den größten aller Fehler bereits begangen. Ich kann euch gar nicht sagen, wie sehr ich von mir selbst enttäuscht war. Anfangs hatte ich alles richtig gemacht:

Ich betrachtete den blendenden, weißschneeigen Himmel, der vor dem Fenster des fahrenden Zuges stand. Ich atmete ihn förmlich ein, aber trotzdem geriet ich ins Wanken. Ich gab nach - mein Interesse war geweckt. An dem Mädchen. Die Neugier siegte und ich beschloss so lange es mein Zeitplan erlaubte. Ich schaute zu.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, to absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre