We are always prepared to defend ourselves, because we all live with the fear and paranoia that other people don't like us.

Love something I don't possess.

The danger lies in focusing on that pain, giving it a particular person's name, and keeping it always present in your thoughts.

The world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

For a long time, the journey will seem like a Dark Night, but then any search is an act of faith.

But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

The vast majority of the inmates, however, heard the news, pretended to be shocked and sad, but actually felt relieved because once more the exterminating angel had passed over Villete, and they had been spared.