Matt Begg

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“One of my teachers told me I was a nihilist. He meant it as an insult but I took it as a compliment.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway.”
― Martin Amis, Other People

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero