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“I am tired of having hands
she said
I want wings —

But what will you do without your hands
to be human?

I am tired of human
she said
I want to live on the sun —”
― Louise Glück, Averno

“To know the ocean, I have always felt, is to recognize the teeth it keeps half hidden.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“Écoute Annie, il n'y a pas plus d'une cinquantaine d'hommes sur la terre qui comprennent Einstein: si on les fusillait tous dans la même nuit, ce serait fini pour une siècle ou deux - ou trois, qu'en savons nous? Toute une vision de l'univers s'évanouirait dans le néant...”
― Victor Serge, The Case of Comrade Tulayev

“What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the tragedy is.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains