Giving

It seemed to Michal that anyone who loves is constantly giving. So he was always giving her little surprises, seeking out shiny stones for her in the river, carving limitless pipes out of willow, blowing eggs, folding birds out of paper...

- Primeval and Other Times, Olga Tokarczuk

In the Land of Pain

Pain has a life of its own. The ingenious efforts a disease makes in order to survive.

- Alphonse Daudet, In the Land of Pain

We will remember

"Our worst fear was that his face would fade,"
Telespiax's father said.
"But it did not. We will remember it until we die."

- Christopher Logue

No one

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.

- Charles Dickens