Mary

“Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being helpless prey to impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, drops him, promises and betrays, and -crowning injury- inflicts on him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.”
― Paul Valéry

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

“Vor Angst machte er sich in die Hose.Wenigstens ein bisschen Wärme.”
― Andreas Winkelmann, Höllental

“Schreiben heißt, mit Erwartungen zu brechen.”
― Alina Bronsky, Spiegelriss