birsu

“Once a man has found himself there is nothing in this world that he can lose. And once he has understood the humanity in himself, he will understand all human beings.”
― Stefan Zweig, Fantastic Night & Other Stories

“Be bold, be bold, but not too bold,
Lest that your heart's blood should run cold.”
― Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales

“You will flicker in these words
and in the words of others
for a while and then go out.

Even if I send them,
you will never get these letters.
Even if I see you again,

I will never see you again.”
― Margaret Atwood, Selected Poems 2: 1976 - 1986

“Nihil sub sole novum, I thought as I walked back down the hall to my room. Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History