"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."
- Thomas Mann
Love
"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
- Thomas Mann
Self-awareness
"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."
- Thomas Mann
Integrity
"Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous."
- Thomas Mann
Creativity
"Die Gewohnheit ist ein Seil. Wir weben jeden Tag einen Faden, und schließlich können wir es nicht mehr zerreißen"
- Thomas Mann
Determination
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage