Shehrezad

“Borges once claimed that the basic device of all fantastic literature are only four in number: the work within the work, the contamination of reality by dream, the voyage in time, and the double”
― James E. Irby, Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings

“Hard times come to make you quit or to make you stronger”
― Manuel Corazzari

“Be the cactus, a proof of unsubmission, and blossom amidst the fiercest environment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“I don’t pretend to know much about people,” she offered, fixing her eyes on the road ahead, “but one thing I’ve noticed over the years is that some people are nice and some people are kind. Lillian sounds like she’s more nice than she is kind. Does that make sense? Niceness is good manners, and stopping to give someone directions, and smiling at the overworked cashier at the supermarket. These are all good things, but they have nothing to do with what’s underneath. Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.”
― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches