Gretha

“Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.”
― Javier Marías

“I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said... "You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“Don't forget that dragons are only guardians of treasures and one fights them for what they keep - not for themselves...”
― Katherine Mansfield, Letters and Journals