Adam Cuninghame

“Martin, fables are possibly one of the most interesting literary forms ever invented. Do you know what they teach us? Moral lessons? No. They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“But what are years, what are months!" he would exclaim. "Why count the days, when even one day is enough for man to know all happiness.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs--if yours are really good ones and theirs aren't. You think if they're intelligent and all, the other person, and have a good sense of humor, that they don't give a damn whose suitcases are better, but they do. They really do.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“that's what everybody wants, just a little more money, even the people who have it.”
― Nella Larsen, Passing