Sofia

“Of all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these,
it might have been”
― Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai

“Gelon’s shockingly handsome. But it’s a desolate handsome, which only makes it better. Gelon had a face you’d imagine demands contentment, yet the briefest look at him dispels this. It’s a cheeky reminder that beauty isn’t everything. Look, it seems to say. Here’s Gelon: godlike, broken Gelon. Look and remember that beauty isn’t all.”
― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

“… and for a moment, I have the feeling that the future and the past aren’t separate at all, just different snatches of a single song, always sung, given consequence when heard.”
― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

“Common sense is common, has no imagination, and only works by precedent. It leaves the man who follows it poorer, if not in the pocket, then in his heart. Fuck common sense.”
― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits