Felicity

“Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and, inevitably, diminish and die.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death

“Half the evil in this world occurs while decent people stand by and do nothing wrong. It’s not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed.” “Even when it’s stupid to try?” he asked with savage sarcasm. “Especially then,” she replied sweetly. “That’s how it’s done, Trell. You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost. That’s how you do it.”
― Robin Hobb, Mad Ship

“Et comme il est généralement admis que quelque chose se perd dans la traduction, il n'est pas surprenant que nous ayons désappris, du moins partiellement, ce que nous étions, pour faire de la place à ce que nous sommes devenus.”
― Négar Djavadi, Désorientale

“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis