Anne

“Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

“The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.”
― Søren Kierkegaard