Renata

“Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“I have no idea what you mean by madness. You know I'm not like the rest of you. I haven't experienced the things you miss so badly, or if I ever did, I don't remember anything, and that hasn't done me any harm. To me it feels as if I've always been alone, even among all of you, because I'm so different. I've never really understood you, I didn't know what you were talking about.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realise that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away. In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.”
― George Orwell, 1984