Tobias

“Love is the true food of the soul. But the soul eats to live, like the body– it mustn't live to eat...The soul lives to do!”
― Mary Renault, Fire from Heaven

“Try it again," I said. "Kiss me."
"No," he said.
"Kiss me."
"No," And then he smiled. "You kiss me."
I placed my hand on the back of his neck. I pulled him toward me. And kissed him. I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And he kept kissing me back.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Niemand kann dir die Brücke bauen, auf der gerade du über den Fluß des Lebens schreiten mußt. Niemand außer dir allein.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Man’s immortality is not to live forever; for that wish is born of fear. Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.”
― Mary Renault, Fire from Heaven