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“Maybe he just didn't want to become an "adult". Maybe he was scared and didn't want to be the "adult" that everybody has to become. So he decided to stay a child forever. A child who believes in magic, no matter what.”
― Ha Il-kwon, Annarasumanara

“Au début, je l'ai lu par curiosité, avec le sentiment de commettre une simple indiscrétion. Sans le savoir, j'étais comme la femme de Barbe-Bleue: j'ignorais quel monstrueux placard je venais d'ouvrir. Ce récit, je l'ai lu et relu. Je m'en suis remplie jusqu'a la nausée, sans faiblir.
Pour comprendre...
Pour comprendre quoi?”
― Jean Molla, Sobibor

“We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.”
― Stefan Zweig, Chess Story

“Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn't afraid to say 'we don't know.' For the Professor, there was no shame in admitting you didn't have the answer, it was a necessary step toward the truth. It was as important to teach us about the unknown or the unknowable as it was to teach us what had already been safely proven.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor