Gabriele

“Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.”
― Edith Sitwell

“The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to.”
― carl sandburg

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
― Anais Nin