Zhaeva

“I had to laugh at the arrogance of anyone who had ever thought that human beings have conquered the earth.”
― Nando Parrado, Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

“So to put it plainly, no man can do without the
mtDNA, but every woman can do without the Y-chromosome.”
― Tony Joseph, Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

“Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society