Anneke

“The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
― Erasmus, Praise of Folly

“What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.”
― William Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

“‎If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.”
― A. Sachs