“In Japan, ancient weavers believed a thousand stories could exist in a single thread. Threads were woven together and sometimes broke, but they always remained. In that way too, so did the past remain forever a part of the tapestry of life.”
– Gwendolyn Womack, “the Time Collector”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
– Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

“To solve the future, we must save the past.”
– Richard Powers, “the Overstory”

“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: Get it done, get it done. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief