Michael Mathew

“Utopiile se aseamănă cu posibilitățile; din faptul că o posibilitate nu este o realitate nu se deduce nimic altceva decât că circumstanțele în care se află împiedică punerea ei în aplicare, căci altminteri ea ar fi doar o imposibilitate; însă dacă este eliberată de constrângeri și i se permite să se dezvolte, se creează utopia.”
― Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities

“I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.”
― Herman Hesse

“It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“Mr Churchill caught the end of one of the long ribbons from her bonnet, which were flying madly in the strong breeze. He toyed with it for a long while, then looked up into her eyes. “Do you believe in love at first sight?” he asked.
“No, I don’t suppose I do,” Jane answered. Her heart started beating harder. That was a lie. Maybe her breath was catching in her throat because she was lying: she fell in love with him the moment she saw him, rescuing the poor store clerk. Or maybe it was because he was standing so close to her, just on the other end of her bonnet ribbon. She felt her cheeks growing warm, and tried to talk herself out of blushing. He was not standing any closer to her than when they danced together, or sat on the same bench at the pianoforte. Why should it fluster her that he was wrapping the end of her bonnet ribbon around his fingers like that?”
― Jeanette Watts, My Dearest Miss Fairfax