Carsen Codel

“Justice is not only about the right way to distribute things. It is also about the right way to value things.”
― Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do

“I'm aware not everyone feels the way I do about trees, but I have no idea why not.”
― Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting

“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“The way things are does not determine the way they ought to be”
― Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?