Marthe

“In the end, everything will be okay. If it's not okay, it's not yet the end. ~Fernando Sabino, translated from Portuguese”
― Fernando Sabino

“Si je désire fonder en toi la pente vers la mer, je décris le navire en marche, les nuits d'étoiles et l'empire que se taille une île dans la mer par le miracle des étoiles.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“The highly sensitive [introverted] tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rather than materialistic or hedonistic. They dislike small talk. They often describe themselves as creative or intuitive. They dream vividly, and can often recall their dreams the next day. They love music, nature, art, physical beauty. They feel exceptionally strong emotions--sometimes acute bouts of joy, but also sorrow, melancholy, and fear. Highly sensitive people also process information about their environments--both physical and emotional--unusually deeply. They tend to notice subtleties that others miss--another person's shift in mood, say, or a lightbulb burning a touch too brightly.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage