Andrei Tarkovsky

mountaineer’s axe with heart-shaped holes and bronze reinforced shaft. japan, muromachi period, 14th century

— David Foster Wallace

— Robert Brault

Lago di Como. Italy

the grudge

in a similar vein, just as you can't force yourself into the shed skin of the old you, you also can't do anything about your alternative lives. the "I could have gone pro", "I could have lived like xx if not for that relationship", "I could have been a doctor if not for my mom's bad advice". you have to let those alternate universes go. you can't stay mad in the real world while you fantasize about what could have been. the choices you made in life have shut those doors behind you. focus on moving forward and opening new doors.

— George Eliot, Middlemarch