Maria

“Does a human life, a "personality," exist as a single thread that can be followed through time? Is the "me" of 20 years ago the same "me" that exists now? Will I still be me in 20 years?”
― Dan Chaon, Await Your Reply

“The circumstances of life-the events of life-the people around me in life-do not make me the way I am. They reveal the way I am.”
― Dan Chaon, Await Your Reply

“Unless some sweetness at the bottom lie,
Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“...we are never old to ourselves. That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture