Cathie

“Gradually she got used to seeing men come and go: a race of childish giants, resembling clumsy mammoth insects, fleeting and yet weighty; an army of awkward fools who tried to flutter with leaden wings; warriors who believed that they had conquered when they were despised, that they possessed when they were ridiculed, that they had enjoyed when they had barely tasted; a barbaric horde, for whom she nevertheless waited lifelong.”
― Joseph Roth, The Radetzky March

“the world was new and warm, just out of the oven, and it was all for me!”
― Mircea Cărtărescu, Solenoid

“I also sought to comprehend the molecular, concentrated evil that had produced the caste system imposed in Nazi Germany and found startling, unsettling connections between the United States and Germany in the decades leading to the Third Reich.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

“With empathetic joy, as your ability to share others’ joy grows stronger, you’ll feel better yourself.”
― Toni Bernhard, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers