“I used to be like a bird imprisoned in a cage, contenting myself with seeds dropped down to me by the hands of Destiny. But today I feel like a free bird who sees the beauty of the fields and prairies and wishes to fly in the spacious sky, mingling its affections, its fancy and its hopes with the ether.”
― A Self Portrait
― A Self Portrait
“When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“I always think that the quickest way to understand someone is to look at what’s on their bookshelves. Especially if they are honest bookshelves, not the fancy ornamental kind. And there was nothing fancy or ornamental about this place.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“There is nothing more difficult than the existence of a strong spirit in a weak body.”
― A Self Portrait
― A Self Portrait
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