Nicole Ankenmann

“Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitations touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful? Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.”
― Mel Brooks

“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.”
― Giacomo Puccini