Kristina

“The child that was human civilization had opened the door to her home and glanced outside. The endless night terrified her so much that she shuddered against the expansive and profound darkness, and shut the door firmly.”
― Liu Cixin, Death's End

“... and what happens slowly comes to life, unfolding in front of me like those reels of film of test dummies in cars being slowly smashed against a wall. I want to stop what is going to happen, but at the same time realise that it has already taken place. And that is, I think, the structure of tragedy.”
― Dexter Dias, The Ten Types of Human: A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be

“the pain didn’t go away, but its sharp edge had dulled and softened like sea glass.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Just as it was hard to say precisely when the summer came to an end and when autumn fully took hold, my journey did not come to close in one time in one place. There were, rather, many endings, and later many new beginnings.”
― Tim Cope, On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads