Perla Olmi

“I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

“Why am I a human being, with all the torments this extremely vague and horribly responsible condition entails? Why am I not, for example, the happy wardrobe in your room, which has you in full view whenever you're sitting in your chair or at your desk or when you're lying down or sleeping (all blessings upon your sleep!)? Why am I not that? Because I would break down with grief if I had seen your misery during these last days, or even if - you should leave Vienna.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey

“there’s a very well-known method for getting women, everybody knows it, it’s not to say a word.”
― Yasmina Reza, Happy Are the Happy