Gabriela

“So if you have to live amongst men, you must allow everyone the right to exist in accordance with the character he has, whatever it turns out to be: and all you should strive to do is to make use of this character in such a way as its kind and nature permit, rather than to hope for any alteration in it, or to condemn it off-hand for what it is. This is the true sense of the maxim--Live and let live. That, however, is a task which is difficult in proportion as it is right; and he is a happy man who can once for all avoid having to do with a great many of his fellow creatures.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena

“They spend all their lives waiting for their lives to begin.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“The more you water a plant, the faster it grows; likewise, the more you water your dreams, the quicker they come to life.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Civilizations rose and fell; what caused them to be remembered was not their contribution to knowledge or culture, not even the size of their empires, but rather how much force they extorted upon the landscape.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon