Alfredia Kroh

“„'Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?' da antwortete der Spiegel aber wieder: 'Frau Königin, ihr seyd die schönste hier, aber Sneewittchen, über den sieben Bergen ist noch tausend Mal schöner als Ihr!”
― Gebrüder Grimm, Spiegel, das Kätzchen: Kellers Novelle und zehn weitere Katzengeschichten

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll become too soft. But a wise man named Levin said it right. He said, “Love is the only rational act.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“You must learn to respect," Papa said.

But I do not respect her," I said.

Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name