Kenia Sedler

“But nothing in the world would have brought him to reveal, by publicly protesting, that he was becoming one of those who no longer have anything in common with their fellow creatures. Wary, he kept silent about it, like all the rest.”
― Colette Gauthier-Villars, Chéri and The End of Chéri

“Happy countries are all alike; each unhappy country is unhappy in its own way, as has been written.”
― Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

“I have heard experienced birders call the Lesser Goldfinch a 'trash bird' because it is so common and numerous. I heard others call a House Sparrow a 'junk' bird, an invasive, like the European Starling. I understand the antipathy. Invasive birds usurp habitat and resources. But I can't help but feel discomfort. The rhetoric is often the same as the racist ones I hear about Chinese people.”
― Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

“Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster. Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved “work-life balance,” whatever that might be, and you certainly won’t get there by copying the “six things successful people do before 7:00 a.m.” The day will never arrive when you finally have everything under control—when the flood of emails has been contained; when your to-do lists have stopped getting longer; when you’re meeting all your obligations at work and in your home life; when nobody’s angry with you for missing a deadline or dropping the ball; and when the fully optimized person you’ve become can turn, at long last, to the things life is really supposed to be about. Let’s start by admitting defeat: none of this is ever going to happen. But you know what? That’s excellent news.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals