Lindsay wisdom

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street

“You don’t take a hammer – not to mention an electric screwdriver and a pipe wrench – to a guy’s computer without being quite angry.”
― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

“Yes", Kumiko said, seriously. "Exactly that. The extraordinary happens all the time. So much, we can't take it. Life and happiness and heartache and love. If we couldn't put it in story - "
"And explain it -"
"No!" she said, suddenly sharp. "Not explain. Stories do not explain. They seem to, but all they provide is a starting point. The story never ends at the end. There is always after. And even within itself, even by saying that this version is the right one, it suggests other versions, versions that exist in parallel. No, story is not an explanation, it is a net, a net through which the truth flows. The net catches some of the truth, but not all, never all, only enough so that we can live with the extraordinary without it killing us." She sagged a little, as if exhausted by this speech. "As it surely, surely would.”
― Patrick Ness, The Crane Wife

“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
― Warsan Shire