“Magritte presents ordinary objects in impossible contexts. He challenges us to consider our place in relation to the world: our own humanity.”
― How to Read Paintings
― How to Read Paintings
“Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“reality could be created by the stories you believed, and thus it was important to pick the right stories.”
― Wellness
― Wellness
“Secrecy lives in the same rooms as loneliness.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“My father believes that everything is music,” I said. “And when you pass on you become part of the tune.” One improvisation amongst the millions and millions of melodies that create the symphony of everything. My dad basically believes that your life is your one chance at a solo—so it better be a good one. Mind you, he also thinks that Miles Davis was the Second Coming and most of the world’s woes are due to humanity’s failure to recognise him as such.”
― The Furthest Station
― The Furthest Station
Gabriel’s 2024 Year in Books
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