Kavitha

“Do not be afraid of complexity, Be afraid of people who promise and easy shortcut to simplicity.”
― Elif Shafak, How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

“Birds are not difficult to understand. Their behaviour tells me what they are thinking. Generally it runs along the lines of: Is this food? Is this? What about this? This might be food. I am almost certain that this is. Or occasionally: It is raining. I do not like it.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“Fifteen miles south of Seattle and halfway across Puget Sound to the west is Maury Island. Shaped like an arrowhead aimed at the mainland, green as the inner fold of a grass blade, it can be seen from the air cradled in the crook of an elbow of water. Tourists ride over on ferries to watch for whales and UFOs. Jets turn around overhead on their final approach to the airport. Even on days when there is no rain, mist filters through the evergreens until it pulls apart like threadbare cloth and burns off.”
― Vanessa Veselka, The Great Offshore Grounds

“Nor should you be afraid of emotions, Whether it is angst or hurt or sadness or loneliness...As human beings - regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, geography - we are emotional creatures, even those of us who like to pretend not to be, especially them. Analyze, understand and reflect upon where negative emotions come from, embrace them candidly, but also notice if and when they become repetitive, restrictive, ritualistic and destructive.”
― Elif Shafak, How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division