Reinoud

“Victory is an illusion. In all things.”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“Children are dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running