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“Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
― Elif Shafak

“Be happy, be joyful.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Minus: Papa, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality burst open. Do you understand?

David: I do.

Minus: Reality burst open, and I tumbled out. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. Anything.

David: I know.

Minus: I can't live in this new world.

David: Yes, you can. But you must have something to hold on to.

Minus: What would that be? A god? Give me proof of God. You can't.

David: Yes, I can. But you have to listen carefully.

Minus: Yes, I need to listen.

David: I can only give you a hint of my own hope. It is to know that love exists as something real in the human world.

Minus: A special kind of love, I suppose?

David: All kinds, Minus. The highest and the lowest, the most absurd and the most sublime. All kinds of love.

Minus: And the longing for love?

David: Longing and denial. Trust and distrust.

Minus: Then love is the proof?

David: I don't know if love is proof of God's existence, or if love is God himself.

Minus: To you, love and God are the same thing.

David: That thought helps me in my emptiness and despair.

Minus: Tell me more, Papa.

David: Suddenly the emptiness turns into abundance, and despair into life. It's like a reprieve, Minus, from a death sentence.

Minus: Papa... If it is as you say, then Karin is surrounded by God, since we love her.

David: Yes.

Minus: Can that help her?

David: I believe so.

Minus: ... Papa, would you mind if I go for a run?

David: Off you go. I'll make dinner. See you in an hour.

Minus: ... Papa spoke to me.”
― Ingmar Bergman, همچون در یک آینه

“Every winter it snows and rains as it always has, but every time it does, people forget how to drive, despite having lived there all their lives.”
― R.R. Virdi, Grave Beginnings