Paola

“When lust descends, discretion, common sense and wisdom fly off and what may seem cunning concealment to one in the grip of passion looks like transparently clumsy idiocy to everyone else.”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“The goal of the values assessment is not the selection of model human beings, but of model citizens. This means the test should favour homogeneity, not atypical attitudes, no matter how commendable they may be.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, The Test

“The impossible did not bother him unduly. If it could not possibly be done, then obviously it had been done impossibly. The question was how?”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul