“...the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head...” Primo Levi
“I was lying in bed one night and I thought ‘I’ll just quit—to hell with it.’ And another little voice inside me said, ‘don’t quit—save that tiny little ember of spark.’ And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, You can start the greatest fire again.” Charles Bukowski