Olin Fickas

“Beliefs are the masters of the world, and all masters are tyranical”
― Ki Longfellow, The Secret Magdalene

“تحت السماء الواسعة المرصعة بالنجوم
احفر لي قبرا، ودعني أرقد.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

“poets are like baseball pitchers. both have their moments. the intervals are the tough things.”
― robert frost

“I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that’s what I want! I know I can write ..., but it remains to be seen whether I really have talent ...
And if I don’t have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write for myself. But I want to achieve more than that. I can’t imagine living like Mother, Mrs. van Daan and all the women who go about their work and are then forgotten. I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! ... I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that’s why I’m so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that’s inside me! When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived! But, and that’s a big question, will I ever be able to write something great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?”
― Anne Frank