Katya Merezhinsky

“I think I will sit on it a little while longer," said the duck, "as I have sat so long already, a few days will be nothing." "Please yourself," said the old duck, and she went away.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling

“Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, There is a difference

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain