Anamaria

“In the silence of the woods it felt like I could hear the passage of time, of life passing by. One person leaves, another appears. A thought flits away and another takes its place. One image bids farewell and another one appears on the scene. As the days piled up, I wore out, too, and was remade. Nothing stayed still. And time was lost. Behind me, time became dead grains of sand, which one after another gave way and vanished. I just sat there in front of the hole, listening to the sound of time dying.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

“Selfishness is also written on our hearts. This is our mammalian conflict - what to give to others, and what to keep for yourself.”
― Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“The silence lent a faint weight to the air. As though I were sitting alone, at the bottom of the sea.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore