Birgit

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero