Bertram

“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

“No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourslef or to gossip about others. Use your power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”
― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“I like to think I am confident and secure and mature enough to know Nick loves me without him constantly proving it. I don’t need pathetic dancing monkey
scenarios to repeat to my friends, I am content with letting him be himself.
I don’t know why women find that so hard.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl