Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAnd I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe