Sascha V

“This journey was the last time I could freely caress my memories. I imagined a small lacquered box inlaid with silver and gold in a pattern of curling waves, inset with silver cranes. Into this imaginary box I placed all my memories of Ming-gwok and secretly tucked it away in my heart.”
― Liza Dalby, The Tale of Murasaki

“He’s picked you because you are careless and flamboyant and vain. Oh, I don’t say this to hurt you. Truly I don’t. You long to be seen and approached and understood and to get into mischief, to stir everything up and see if it won’t boil over and if God won’t come down and grab you by”
― Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief

“You live your entire life trapped in a sack of meat, unable to enjoy simple pleasures”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Most people are boring and stupid.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray