There is no prison in any world that Love cannot force entry into.
Every difficulty brings with it the chance to act nobly. - Stoicism
Stoic Thoughts
and ashamed that I am proud of the country that oppresses and condemns me, I can expect nothing from this place.
walder
It is bad if the two spouses annoy each other; but it is much worse if only one of them annoys the other.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
When I cast the net to catch the best things in life, they escape me, I don't know where... When I cast out in search of the virtue that forms myself, they are...
Rabindranath Tagore
All stars eventually fall. But a star is just a tiny spark of the great beam of light in the sky.
Jostein Gaarder (Through the Looking Glass)