Alexandra

“Chcąc świat oszukać stosuj się do świata, ubierz w uprzejmość oko, dłoń i usta, wyglądaj jako kwiat niewinny, ale niechaj pod kwiatem tym wąż się ukrywa.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Whatever I thought right seemed bad to others;
whatever seemed wrong to me,
others approved of.
I ran into feuds wherever I found myself,
I met disfavor wherever I went;
if I longed for happiness, I only stirred up misery;
so I had to be called “Woeful”:
Woe is all I possess.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

“Harold sighs. “Jude,” he says, “there’s not an expiration date on needing help, or needing people. You don’t get to a certain age and it stops.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist