Michael

“it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road