Marina

“Post-truth is pre-fascism.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“I found myself remembering the day in kindergarten when the teachers showed us Dumbo, and I realized for the first time that all the kids in the class, even the bullies, rooted for Dumbo, against Dumbo's tormentors. Invariably they laughed and cheered, both when Dumbo succeeded and when bad things happened to his enemies. But they're you, I thought to myself. How did they not know? They didn't know. It was astounding, an astounding truth. Everyone thought they were Dumbo.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“Так же и вы не будете замечать Москвы, когда будете жить в ней. Счастья у нас нет и не бывает, мы только желаем его.”
― Антон Чехов, The Three Sisters

“Страдающие неврозом девушки не могут любить "слабого" мужчину из-за презрения к любой слабости, но они также не могут ладить с "сильным" мужчиной, потому что хотят диктовать свою волю”
― Karen Horney, The Neurotic Personality of Our Time