Elisa

“There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.”
― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.”
― Dara Horn, The World to Come

“I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog