Claudia

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver

“Joaquin Perdu had said nothing for an unusually long time, then Jean heard him sniff. “Well, Jeanno…having a child is like casting off your own childhood forever. It’s as if it’s only then that you really grasp what it means to be a man. You’re scared too that all your weaknesses will be laid bare, because fatherhood demands more than you can give….I always felt I had to earn your love, because I loved you so, so much.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” “There’s”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love