Erick John

“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

“People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this specious line for varying reason: to evade fingers of blame, to impress one's audience with one's mental fiber, to vent anger, or just because one lacks the necessary suffering to sympathize. Cowardice is nothing to do with it - suicide takes considerable courage. Japanese have the right idea. No, what's selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle