Madi

“Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“I'll picture Rat Kiley face, his grief, and I'll think, You dumb cooze. Because she wasn't listening. It wasn't a war story. It was a love story. ”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

“But that’s the thing about perspective; the slightest shift transforms the subject.”
― Joy McCullough, Blood Water Paint