#b2018

“ and perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone ”

the song of achilles, madeline miller

the secret history, donna tartt

Most of us can’t rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven’t time, money or that many friends. The things you’re looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in  a  b o o k .

Children ceased to be children when you put a sword in their hands. When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.

Actions change our course, influence our futures, but intentions define us, empower us. Without intent, we are nothing.

It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful. But mirrors have an uncanny way of telling the truth.

 The universe was here before you, and it will go on after you. The only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance.