Jerometed

“A man lives his life only when he is marching, i thought, when he keeps marching onwards at any price. When he stops marching onwards, he decays. The joy of life is the joy of the experience that comes from feeling one's own strength.”
― Jan Valtin, Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin

“My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.”
― Paul Valéry, Selected Writings

“To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”
― Paul Valéry

“Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.”
― Jan Valtin, Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin