Frida Tyberg

“(You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel ashamed.)

(You are wrong. Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.)

(And you are deserving of shame?)

(I am. I am trying to tell you.) 'We were stupid,' he said, 'because we believed in things.'

'Why is this stupid?'

'Because there are not things to believe in.'

(Love?)

(There is no love. Only the end of love.)

(Goodness?)

(Do not be a fool.)

(God?)

(If God exists, He is not to be believed in.)”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“...когато погледна към новата книга върху нощното шкафче, поставена върху книгата, която довърши снощи, тя автоматично протегна ръка към нея, сякаш четенето бе нейното най-важно задължение през деня и единствения приложим начин да осъществи прехода от съня към задълженията.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention.”
― Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations

“I realized for the first time that I had been feeling like I'd been in a fight. For months, I'd had my guard up, waiting for the next punch life could throw”
― Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back