Maria

“They say that suffering is a good school. Yes, true. But happiness is the best university.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra

“Anyone who says that if you do things a certain way you'll be guaranteed happiness is selling you something. No one knows their own destiny in advance.”
― Dana Czapnik, The Falconer

“It's good to be a little lonely. It reminds you of the importance of other people. A person too comfortable in loneliness loses touch with the wonderful things. Laughing alone in a room should always be tinged with a bit of sadness. But a little bit of loneliness serves another purpose, too. It's a good reminder of the small piece of land that is your self.”
― Dana Czapnik, The Falconer

“Insanity triumphed because sane people were silent.”
― Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic