Alaric

“In truth, the degree of anyone's success depends on how often they can say the word yes and hear the word no.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Tell-All

“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
― J.G. Ballard