Maja

“Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Война и мир

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

“If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“I have always had a great need for solitude. I require huge swathes of loneliness and when I do not have it, which has been the case for the last five years, my frustration can sometimes become almost panicked, or aggressive.”
― Karl Ove Knausgård, My Struggle: Book 1