Alex

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents

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