Emma

“Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris,
Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran,
Quar de s’amor no suy devis,
Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan,
Qu’en lieys es tota le mercés
Que·m pot sorzer o decazer.”

“Not dying nor living nor healing,
there is no pain in my sickness,
for I am not kept from her love.
I don’t know if I will ever have it,
for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.”
― Conrad Joseph

“I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“You confuse not speaking with not listening.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West