Stella

“Fortunately there is gin, the sole glimmer in this darkness. Do you feel the golden, copper-coloured light it kindles in you? I like walking through the city of an evening in the warmth of gin.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“I was a petal quivering in the slightest breeze, about to fall any moment. Even the slightest insult made me think of dying.”
― Osamu Dazai, Crackling Mountain and Other Stories

“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey