Sabina

“Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.”
― Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key

“Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.”
― Temple Grandin