Aiko Auringer

“And in the cave there lived a wicked old witch.

Did she ever come out?

Not yet.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“I marveled at the beauty of all life and savored the power and possibilities of my imagination. In these rare moments, I prayed, I danced, and I analyzed. I saw that life was good and bad, beautiful and ugly. I understood that I had to dwell on the good and beautiful in order to keep my imagination, sensitivity, and gratitude intact. I knew it would not be easy to maintain this perspective. I knew I would often twist and turn, bend and crack a little, but I also knew that…I would never completely break.”
― Maria Nhambu, Africa's Child

“Not knowing is a good place to start.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“ألقِ نفْسَكَ في نهر العشق ، حتى وإن كان نهرًا من الدماء”
― جلال الدين الرومي