Helene

“Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.”
― John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down

“Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three hundred times...”
― Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

“I've knitted myself a hat, it's plum red with an appealing lace pattern, I figured that a few air holes would be nice now that it's spring. I put it on and feel like a cranberry in the snow, and I wonder if they can see me from the moon. Me and the Great Wall.”
― Kjersti A. Skomsvold, The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am

“The person you love is 72.8% water, and it hasn't rained for weeks.”
― Johan Harstad, Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?