Kiernan

“Selbst wenn alles schrecklich ist, man hat doch nur das eine Leben, das gibt man doch nicht auf, auch wenn man eine schwarze Krähe auf der Schulter hat, die einem gelegentlich das Herz aufhackt und die Eingeweide rausreißt, die haben wir doch alle.”
― Isabel Bogdan, Laufen

“I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
― Umberto Eco

“Denn, mein Herr, ich nehme es als bewiesene Tatsache an, dass das Leben und alle Kraft und Schönheit des Lebens geboren wird aus Kampf, Wettbewerb und Konflikt. Durch Not wurden wir geformt und geknetet, und so auch Sie, mein Herr.”
― H.G. Wells