Gabriel Smith

“If you are sad, ask yourself why you are sad. Then pick up the phone and call someone and tell him the answer to the question. If you don't know anyone, call the operator and tell him. Most people don't know that the operator has to listen, it is a law. Also, the postman is not allowed to go inside your house, but you can talk to him on public property for up to four minutes or until he wants to go, whichever comes first.”
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

“He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.”
― Herman Hesse

“Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“I was told that this road would take me to the ocean of death, and turned back halfway. Since then crooked, round-about, godforsaken paths stretch out before me.”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Definitely Maybe