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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“someone will remember us
I say
even in another time”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“Words are not the only means of access to the intellect if we accept that bodies are intelligent too, acting in skilled and purposive manners.”
― Chris Gosden, The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.”
― Tove Jansson, Fair Play