Casidhe

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
― Nelson Mandela

“And it would be a spare life he would be certain to lead as a schoolteacher in some urban location. But he had a serenity that came with the choice of the life he wanted to live. And this serenity and certainty I have seen only among those who have the armour of books close by.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table

“Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies