Christine

“That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a film that moved me, or read a book that inspired me, or listened to music that made me want to cry. I closed that chamber myself, for all the usual reasons. And now I seem to have made a pact with some philistine devil: if I don't attempt to re-open it, I will be allowed just enough energy and optimism to get through a working day without wanting to hang myself.”
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“To say goodbye is to die a little.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker