Quotes I Like
I realized that the search for the Knowledge has encouraged us to think of the House as if it were a sort of riddle to be unravelled, a text to be interpreted, and that if ever we discover the Knowledge, then it will be as if the Value has been wrested from the House and all that remains will be mere scenery.
— Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you.
— Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation
If you have a passion that you want to incorporate into a career, take a step back and recognize the fact that this is a passion that grew in a time of your life when the goal was to learn and to grow, but you are transitioning to a period where the primary aim shifts to adding value to others. The cliche to follow your dreams overlooks how critical it is that the dreams you have are about something more than just yourself.
Tiger got to hunt, Bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, "Why, why, why?" Tiger got to sleep, Bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle