Carlijn Koopman

“Now I understand that this passion for pain, even in the torture of martyrdom, represents the haste and impatience to no longer be interrupted and disturbed by the evil that can come from this side (meaning this life).”
― Lou Andreas-Salomé

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are simply toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren't inherently bad people, but they aren't the right people for us.”
― Daniell Koepke

“What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either.”
― Lou Andreas-Salomé

“the knowledge of true danger may cure us of false fears”
― Denis de Rougemont