cynthia

“For even the most wretched and simple-minded man could be a surprise, even a fool could have a soul whose torments were a constant source of amazement. Why are we so slow to see this, and why do we assume that it is the easiest thing in the world to know and judge another?”
― Sabahattin Ali, Kürk Mantolu Madonna

“the mind is its own place and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“I was a soldier, and now I am nothing but an agony for myself, for my mother, for everything that is so comfortless and without end”
― Erich Maria Remarque

“I thought about the dead, and I was very sorry for them, not because they were dead, but because they had all found so little joy in life.”
― Marlen Haushofer, The Wall