lost soul

“The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.”
― Lisa See, Peony in Love

“How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?”
― Lisa See, Peony in Love