Emma

“And perhaps we've grown so used to horror, we assume there's no other way”
― George R.R. Martin

“There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.”
― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

“For the times do, in fact, change. They change relentlessly. Inevitably. Inventively.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“For the times do, in fact, change. They change relentlessly. Inevitably. Inventively. And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting horns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow