Vesna M

“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.

First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.

Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.

Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Ako čovjek nauči živjeti sam sa čitavim sobom, nositi svoje putne torbe pune potisnutih sramotnih i teških stvari, ponekad ih otvori i pogleda, onako, uzme dug tren i pogleda svu tu trulež i sve to smeće... Bolje će se razumjeti, ako ništa drugo. I biti sretniji. I biti fajter u životu, fer prema sebi valjda. Što god da si prošao, sada si ovdje, preživio si, stojiš na dvije noge, sa svojom bagažom i demonima. Trebaš napraviti korak, i to je sve.”
― Kristian Novak, Črna mati zemla

“If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Ali ni bezbrižni azur prošlosti ni fosforescentni sjaj budućnosti nisu ni izbliza sveti kao ovo sada. Ovo su dobri stari dani. Ovo su valovi koji će nas nanijeti na bolje obale. Ovo jesu najbolji dani.”
― Sven Popović, Uvjerljivo drugi