ioannis. anst

“God save us from people who mean well.”
― Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy

“Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation...tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.”
― Jean Arp

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“Τέλος πάντων, κάτι πρέπει ν' αγαπάει κανείς σ' αυτό το κόσμο. Μπορείς να ζήσεις δίχως να σ' αγαπάνε, μα όχι δίχως ν' αγαπάς.”
― Κοσμάς Πολίτης, Στου Χατζηφράγκου