Nicole

“What a tiny part of the boundless abyss of time has been allotted to each of us – and this is soon vanished in eternity; what a tiny part of the universal substance and the universal soul; how tiny in the whole earth the mere clod on which you creep.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Never predict the end of the world. You’re almost certain to be wrong, and if you’re right, no one will be around to congratulate you.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“For a moment I brush against someone and sense the connection between the branch and trunk and the deep root.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“So, then, what was this life of mine? I was being consumed by my tendencies and then sleeping to repair the damage. My life was nothing but a repetition of this cycle. It was going nowhere.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes