Charlsa

“When you spend your whole life alone, it's incredibly appealing to move somewhere big enough to get lost in. Where being alone looks like a choice.”
― Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

“Knowledge means rising above immediacy, beyond self, into the foreign and distant. The object of such knowledge is inherently vulnerable to scrutiny; the object is a ‘fact’ which, if it develops, changes, or otherwise transforms itself in the way that civilizations frequently do, nevertheless is fundamentally, even ontologically stable. To have such knowledge of such a thing is to dominate it, to have authority over it.”
― Edward Said, Orientalism

“Look like a man who takes his dates to cheesy tourist attractions. Be a man who steals paintings.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible

“The past is charming and safe when you're skittering around on its surface. It's a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House