Anja

“Children are the eternal, silent witnesses to every human sin, and the more we tatter their purity, the more we extol the clean white blouses of ‘innocence’.”
― Adrian Barnes, Nod

“for it is only the materialism of this flesh and the laws of this world that muddy the true calibre of our souls.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“If everyone had a computer hooked up to the office, there’d be no need to commute. Even now it’s not impossible. You can even hold meetings by conference call. You’d only go in to the office maybe once a week – perhaps it’ll happen one day.”
― Haruki Murakami, Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

“Why do we refuse to have these conversations, asking our family and friends what they want done with their body when they die? Our avoidance is self-defeating. By dodging the talk about our inevitable end, we put both our pocketbooks and our ability to mourn at risk.”
― Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death