Forrest Rinner

“You have a... remarkable memory."
"I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Here are all these people, full of heartache or hatred or desire, and we all have our troubles and the school year is filled with vulgarity and triviality and consequence, and there are all these teachers and kids of every shape and size, and there's this life we're struggling through full of shouting and tears and fights and break-ups and dashed hopes and unexpected luck -- it all disappears, just like that, when the choir begins to sing. Everyday life vanishes into song, you are suddenly overcome with a feeling of brotherhood, of deep solidarity, even love, and it diffuses the ugliness of everyday life into a spirit of perfect communion.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“Julien non pensava più alla sua cupa ambizione, né ai suoi progetti tanto difficili da realizzare. Per la prima volta nella vita era travolto dal potere della bellezza, perso in una vaga e dolce fantasticheria, così estranea al suo carattere. Ma quell'emozione era un piacere, e non una passione. Tornando nella sua stanza, pensò a una sola felicità: quella di riprendere in mano il suo libro preferito. A vent'anni l'idea del mondo e dell'effetto da suscitarvi è più importante di qualunque altra cosa.”
― Stendhal, Il Rosso e il Nero

“The only way for photons to know when they’re being observed is if they are conscious beings. In the quantum world, each of the parts is aware of the whole. A single photon is aware of the quantum state of the entire universe instantaneously always. It has this quality, because it is part of the universal consciousness, in which we are also participants.”
― Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness