Martina V.

“With all due respect, what you read is more important in the long term than the man you marry, ma chère Madame.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“... dělat jak blázen a do úmoru jen proto, abych se dopracoval zaslouženého odpočinku v pohodlí, to není chytré; ovšem nechtít mít pohodlí k odpočinku a nepracovat tudíž vůbec, to rovněž není chytré. A být pořád jenom chytrý a chtít všechno vědět a mít všechno, to je vlastně hloupost. Největší hloupost pak jest chtít být hloupý. To je ovšem divná hloupost, protože vědět, co chtít, to je vůbec největší chytrost. Čili, ono se stalo uměním už jenom být živ po svém.”
― Jan Werich, Fimfárum

“All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Life is like a foot race, Marcus: There will always be people who are faster than you, and there will always be those who are slower than you. What matters, in the end, is how you ran your race.”
― Joël Dicker, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair