Inge

“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“Now that I thought about it, though, I realized that most people actually encourage you to turn bad. They seem to think that if you don't, you'll never get anywhere in the world. And then on those rare occasions when they encounter somebody who's honest and pure-hearted, they look down on him and say he's nothing but a kid, a Botchan. If that's the way it is, it would be better if they didn't have those ethics classes in elementary school and middle school where the teacher is always telling you to be honest and not lie. The schools might as well just go ahead and teach you how to tell lies, how to mistrust everybody, and how to take advantage of people. Wouldn't their students, and the world at large, be better off that way? Redshirt had laughed at me for being simpleminded. If people are going to get laughed at for being simpleminded and sincere, there's no hope. Kiyo never laughed at me for saying anything like what I said to Redshirt. She would have been deeply impressed by it. Compared to Redshirt, she's far and away the superior person.”
― Natsume Soseki, Botchan

“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“Já nemám rád prázdné mluvení o slovanství, jako nemám vlastenčení. Prosím vás, kolikpak z
našich slavjanofilů dovede aspoň číst rusky, polsky, srbsky? (..) A nač to mluvení: normální člověk nevytrubuje do světa, ţe
miluje své rodiče, svou ţenu, své děti; to se rozumí samo sebou. Kdyţ miluješ svou vlast,
nemusíš o tom mluvit, ale udělej něco kloudného; o nic jiného nejde.”
― Karel Čapek, Talks with T. G. Masaryk