Julia R

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“There's something about first love, isn't there? she said. It's untouchable to those who played no part in it. But it's the measure of all that follows.”
― Sarah Winman, Tin Man

“Is the world really beautified by the fact that man thinks it beautiful? He has humanized it, that is all.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ

“Indulge your passion for science…but let your science be human, and such as may have a direct reference to action and society. Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”
― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding