C.C. Aurel

“I don’t long for anyone,
But I don’t want, don’t want, don’t want
To know how they kiss each other.”
― Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

“The way she saw it, too much religion could be as bad as too little, maybe even worse; but moderation was just not in her husband’s nature.”
― Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time

“Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“I’m not grieving, I’m not angry,
and only darkness accompanies me.
How deep it is and velvety,
above all, always familiar to me…”
― Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova