T-Bone Walker

“Since leaving Kocho, I had begged for death, I had willed Salman to kill me or asked God to let me die or refused to eat or drink in the hopes I would fade away. I had thought many times that the men who raped and beat me would kill me. But death had never come. In the checkpoint bathroom, I began to cry. For the first time since I left Kocho, I thought I actually might die. And I also knew for sure that I didn't want to.”
― Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

“The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequences of the appearance of continuous failure. We are social animals; hell is other people.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder