The Gravedigger’s Son and the Waif Girl, Volume 1

by Sam Feuerbach

The three greatest catastrophes of his youth had begun with "Right, then!":

Because of her state of destitution there were some things she simply didn’t have. Shoes and respect were two of them.

Stuff and nonsense! Seals are there to be broken. Fate is its own most terrible enemy – it always wants to be fought against. Otherwise, everything that could happen would be fate. Just a shrug of the shoulders, an excuse of the weary, the inflexible, the cowardly. Listen to me and never bother me again with your fate!

I have to look on all this as an adventure. An adventure where I can learn something.

you stay concentrated in hopeless situations, and you never give up.

Be furious at the right moment and thoughtful at the right moment, always serving the purpose.

A quarter of the people couldn’t give a shit about your problems, and the other three-quarters are delighted you have them.