“You are not the oil, you are not the air, merely the point of combustion between them.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald · The Crack-Up, 1936
“Do not go gentle into that good night.” — Dylan Thomas · Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, 1951
“Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.” — Benjamin Disraeli · Vivian Grey, 1826
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran · The Prophet, 1923
“The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.” — Barbara Kingsolver · The Lacuna, 2009