Robertina C

“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”
― Germaine Greer

“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“citise undeva ca prima intalnire intre doua persoane este ca o rana usoara pe care o simte fiecare, trezindu-se din singuratate si din amorteala.”
Patrick Modiano, Orizontul, Humanitas 2015”
― Patrick Modiano, L'Horizon