Hershel Alff

“You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself”
― Terry Goodkind, The Omen Machine

“While Man's desires and aspirations stir, He cannot choose but err.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“We struck up a conversation, taking pains at first to give it an easy flow and sticking to the most frivolous topics. Did he, I asked, believe in predestination? He did. Did he believe that all men were doomed to die? Yes, he felt certain that all men would absolutely have to die, but he was less sure that all men had to be born...”
― Günter Grass, The Tin Drum