Sonja

“Each of us has the plague within him; no one, no one on earth is free from it. And i know, too, that we must keep endless watch on ourselves lest in a careless moment we breath in someone's face and fasten the infection on him. What's natural is the microbe. All the rest – health, integrity, purity (if you like) – is a product of the human will, of a vigilance that must never falter.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“unnecessary discomfort is a form of martyrdom with which I have no sympathy.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Hippopotamus Pool

“I find it poor logic to say that because women are good, women should vote. Men do not vote because they are good; they vote because they are male, and women should vote, not because we are angels and men are animals, but because we are human beings and citizens of this country.”
― Louisa May Alcott

“these moments you wonder what you are teaching their kids, and your own. Then you realize you are teaching them the truth about America.”
― John Hodgman, Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms