Josphine Aziz

“the mother again remarked the simplicity and calmness of their relation to each other. it was hard for her to get used to it. no kissing, no affictionate words passed between them but they behaved so sincerely, so amicably and so solicitously toward each other. in the life she had been accustomed to, people kissed a great deal and uttered many sentimental words, but always bit at one another like hungry dogs.”
― Maxim Gorky, Mother

“in music one can hear everything.”
― Maxim Gorky, Mother

“the bible gives me a deep comforting sense that (things seen are temporal,and things unseen are eternal.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

“I lived like a bear, in a little room, with books for my only friends . . . These were the joys and debaucheries of my youth.”
― Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life