Martine

“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory

“We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale