Ifigenia

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

“...η μόνη ηδονή που μένει ατιμώρητη είναι το διάβασμα.”
― Zyranna Zateli, Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχονται

“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Mist

“What is a woman's power then?" she asked.
"I don't think we know."
"When has a woman power because she's a woman? With her children, I suppose. For a while..."
"In her house, maybe."
She looked around the kitchen. "But the doors are shut," she said, "the doors are locked."
"Because you're valuable."
"Oh yes. We're precious. So long as we're powerless.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu