Valentin G. Feier

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Fate would not have the reputation it has, if it simply did what it seemed it would do.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“But that’s what growing up is, maybe. Realising what a fucking arse you’ve been.”
― Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred

“When God means to punish a man He sends him stupid friends and clever enemies.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold