Ujjwala

“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.”
― Socrates

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter