Lorene Levian

“I open the orangutan's door and set a pan of fruits, vegetables, and nuts on the floor. As I close it, her long arm reaches through the bars. She points at an orange in another pan.
'That? You want that?'
She continues to point, blinking at me with close-set eyes. Her features are concave, her face a wide platter fringed with red hair. She's the most outrageous and beautiful thing I've ever seen.
'Here,' I say, handing her the orange. 'You can have it.'
She takes it and sets it on the floor. Then she reaches out again. After several seconds of serious misgivings, I hold out my hand. She wraps her long fingers around it, then lets go. She sits on her haunches and peels her orange.
I stare in amazement. She was thanking me.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“The crash of Green Hornet had left Louie and Phil in the most desperate physical extremity, without food, water, or shelter. But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost: dignity.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“Öyle insanlar tanıyorum ki,içlerinde büyük bir evren gizlidir,ölçülemez boyutlarda bir şey. Ama ortaya çıkarmak olası değil. Kesinlikle değil.”
― Patrick Süskind, El contrabajo

“Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote