Valencia Cain

“anyone can create the future but only a wise man can create the past”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Bend Sinister

“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
― Abraham Maslow

“I left their house that night feeling very different from when I arrived. I was exhausted and relieved, yet more importantly, I felt more grounded, as if I was finally stepping into my own body. It felt good. At last I had done it. The secret was out and I knew then that how my parents chose to deal with this information was up to them. I simply couldn't carry it all any longer. I had to stop protecting their feelings. They were, after all, grown-ups. It was time for me to heal my sadness and anger, to stop being a victim of this situation, to move on with my life.”
― Zara Phillips, Mother Me

“It is the nature of languages that a pretty translation is not accurate, and an accurate translation finds its own beauty without help.”
― Fraus-Dolus