Maria

“Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.”
― Edgar Allan Poe