“Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between stories.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they mad…”— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, amazon.com
“It is good, sometimes, not to have to think of anything. Not to have to do everything yourself. To be able to lean.”— Erich Maria Remarque, amazon.com
“We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.”— Sogyal Rinpoche, amazon.com
“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Of course if he wanted to escape, he could do so. The prison was, after all, his own heart.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I a…”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you are supposed to.”— Susan Cain, amazon.com
“But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind… I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.”— Laini Taylor, amazon.com