Cassie

“(the face turns out to be one of the most superficial characteristics of the whole human form),”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

“Constellation, not sequencing, carries truth. This is why travel psychology envisions man in equivalently weighted situations, without trying to lend his life any—even approximate—continuity. Life is made up of situations. There is, of course, a certain inclination toward the repetition of behaviors. This repetition does not, however, mean that we should succumb in our imaginations to the appearance of any sort of consistent whole.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

“Change is the nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity. (P4)”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

“Fluidity, mobility, illusoriness—these are precisely the qualities that make us civilized.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights