Harry Reads

“Suffering is not increased by numbers. One body can contain all the suffering the world can feel.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.”
― Mohsin Hamid, Exit West

“The competition between the two forces can be succinctly expressed as follows: Within groups selfish individuals beat altruistic individuals, but groups of altruists beat groups of selfish individuals. Or, risking oversimplification, individual selection promoted sin, while group selection promoted virtue.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence