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“You know that I love you."
And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. In the other mother's button eyes, Coraline knew knew that the other mother loved her as a possession, nothing more, a tolerated pet whose behavior was no longer amusing.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Là dove ho vissuto ero rimproverato, giudicato, sconfitto; e fuggire altrove mi procurava una tensione estrema, ma non era fattibile, si trattava di una cosa impossibile, irraggiungibile con le mie forze, senza eccezioni di sorta”
― KAFKA Franz -, Letter to His Father

“è terribile la condizione di chi non capisce, ma gli è stato detto che deve amare: inizia subito ad odiare.”
― Andrea Marcolongo