Riki (˶˃⤙˂˶)

“economic models are, or should be: guides, aids, assistants. But there’s a tendency for them to undergo definition creep: from guides, aids, assistants to axioms, rules, laws. On the lecture platform, economists will often say things like “My model shows . . .” The striking thing about that is the idea that a model can show something. A model can imply, suggest, guide, hint, invite us to conclude; but it can’t in that strong sense “show.”
― John Lanchester, How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

“Just what am I judging, and who will judge me in the end?”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Judgment Day

“What does he look like?"
(...)
He said, "Like... the aurora, I suppose.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Judgment Day