Athina

“You know what they say. If at first you don't succeed, try the same thing again. Sometimes the effort is called persistence and is the mark of a strong will. Sometimes it's called perseveration and is a sign of immaturity. For an individual, one of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again in the same way and expecting different results. For a government, such behavior is called... policy.”
― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

“If I've thought of my mother as callous, and many times I have, then it is important to remember what a callus is: the hardened tissue that forms over a wound.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

“Wie ist es möglich, dass ihr euch nicht aufbäumt gegen die Verachtung, die euch immer noch trifft. Nur auf den Nacken, der sich beugt, tritt der Fuß des vermeintlichen Herren...”
― Hedwig Dohm

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations