M.

“Spinoza says that if a stone which has been projected through the air, had consciousness, it would believe that it was moving of its own free will. I add this only, that the stone would be right. The impulse given it is for the stone what the motive is for me, and what in the case of the stone appears as cohesion, gravitation, rigidity, is in its inner nature the same as that which I recognise in myself as will, and what the stone also, if knowledge were given to it, would recognise as will.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

“I realize that I have left part of myself in a place where I shall probably never come back.”
― Annie Ernaux, Shame

“J’ai tué ma mère en moi à ce moment-là.”
― Annie Ernaux, L'événement

“I have searched for my mother's love in all the corners of the world.”
― Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness