Shena Grodecki

“And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“The Major folded his arms round her, holding her to him as if she was a child, and kissed her head. "I will not change, dear Amelia," he said. "I ask for no more than your love. I think I would not have it otherwise. Only let me stay near you, and see you often."
"Yes, often," Amelia said. And so William was at liberty to look and long: as the poor boy at school who has no money may sigh after the contents of the tart-woman's tray.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

“Always have a 'Plan C”
― Zoltan Andrejkovics, The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team

“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel