Jason Kirkmeyer

“Dost Thou know that the ages will pass”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Examine your rules of education; you will find them all topsy-turvy, especially in all that concerns virtue and morals. The only moral lesson which is suited for a child—the most important lesson for every time of life—is this: “Never hurt anybody.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile

“half-respected conventions spread insecurity and incoherence of behavior rather than freedom and frankness.”
― Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar

“One can never be sure of saving one’s soul by writing. One may go on writing with a soul already lost.”
― Italo Calvino, The Nonexistent Knight