Mary

“We can trust no one. In a regime where words are watched, lies are rewarded, and silence is survival, there is no truth.”
― M. T. Anderson

“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”
― Brendan Slocumb, The Violin Conspiracy

“It is not enough to say you are sorry. You must utterly own the terrible thing you have done. You must cast no blame on the one you have injured. Rather, accept every molecule of the responsibility, even if reason and self-preservation scream against it. Then, and only then, will the words 'I am sorry' have meaning.”
― Carmen Agra Deedy, The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

“Strangely enough, doctors and nurses noted that activity actually prolonged life, when it should have shortened it. Those who lay down and tried to conserve energy often were the ones who trailed off and died first.”
― M.T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad