Quotes from 1899

We all wear masks. We all pretend. Presenting a perfect illusion on the outside, while we desperately try to hide who we are on the inside.

Life hurts. The moment you think you've got it all, it smacks you in the face.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

The brain drives our thoughts, our behavior. It holds all of the secrets of the universe. There's a whole hidden world inside each of us which only needs to be deciphered.

That's what they do, don't they? They show you the world, and then they tell you you can't have it.

Our brain isn't always entirely reliable. Everything that we see and feel and hear are the result of electrical impulses. And sometimes we misinterpret those impulses. It's what makes people go mad.

Frustration and boredom are great motivators to seek out other pleasures. Human behavior is quite predictable.

You want to know if I was ever really in love with you? Every morning, I wake up wishing I wasn't. You are a constant reminder of what I can't have. A life. Love. You.

Sometimes one has to adjust to a situation as it unfolds. With every calamity comes opportunity.

People taking power who don't deserve it. It never ends well.

Right down here, the ocean has a depth of almost 4,000 meters. Man has mapped out every corner of this world. Been to the farthest deserts, the top of the highest mountains. But what's down there is still a mystery. A hidden world in the shadows.

Things never work out the way you imagine they will.

Have you ever lost someone? It's like you're dying with them. They can move on. And you're stuck.

Reality is more than neurons firing around in your brain. Reality is not what's on the inside. It's what's happening on the outside.

You cannot change the nature of things. I am who I am. And you are who you are. Nothing will change that.

They threw him off the goddamn railing. There's no way someone survives that. And yet, here he is. How is that possible?

We should have never gotten on this ship. It was a mistake. All of it, a huge mistake.

People are oblivious to reality. They only see what they want to see, when all they have to do is shift their perspective to see the full scope of things.

Being alone like that shows you what kind of a person you are.

They're all running away from something. Why else would someone want to go somewhere different?

What is lost, will be found.

Sometimes we have to let things go because we can't keep them forever.

I am Maura Franklin. Born in Morefield. Today is October 19th, 1899. I am not crazy.