Maria

“How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.”
― Patrick Süskind, The Pigeon

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See