Aman Desai

“Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

“Tu demandes d'où vient notre souffle de vie.
S'il fallait résumer une trop longue histoire,
Je dirais qu'il surgit du fond de l'océan,
Puis soudain l'océan l'engloutit à nouveau.
Omar Khayyam”
― Amin Maalouf, Samarkand

“Because God has made us fall in love just as he has made certain flowers poisonous.”
― Amin Maalouf, Samarkand

“It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept