Yousuf Mohamed

“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“You intellectuals are always so surprised to discover how fragile your body is. The mind is so robust, so remote. But muscles and bones are as simple as tied-up straw. They unravel and snap. And the more they break, the more the mind shrinks. In the moments before the cascade into death, the great intellect is reduced to a silent kernel. The mind is nothing more than a door into the dark.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Even beauty diminishes with study. It is better to glance than gawk.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends