Maribeaux

“Evil that arises out of ordinary thinking and is committed by ordinary people is the norm, not the exception.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

“It's not that I don't believe in contemporary literature, but I don't want to waste valuable time reading any book that has not had the baptism of time. Life is too short. (...) If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. That's the world of hicks and slobs. Real people would be ashamed of themselves doing that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Do not forget the most important fact that not heredity and not environment are determining factors. - Both are giving only the frame and the influences which are answered by the individual in regard to his styled creative power.”
― Alfred Adler, The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler

“Love is...' he paused and then laughed. 'Love is like an armchair cover. It hides a multitude of sins. It's washable and may well have a riot of roses and auriculas splashed over it, but underneath everything is all ripped up.”
― Alice Thompson, Justine