Lisa

“It perhaps might be said--if any one dared--that the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the men of one nation concerning the men of another.”
― Stephen Crane, The Portable Stephen Crane

“And then I saw that the running away was a running towards. An effort to catch up with my fleet-footed self, living another life in a different way.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry

“In the destructive element immerse.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

“And after all, one does not die of it." "Die of what?" I asked swiftly. "Of being afraid.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim