Victoria

“But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. —MARCEL PROUST, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST”
― M.J. Rose, The Book of Lost Fragrances

“Pride is not a quality wholly to be lamented, but pride, when not kept in careful check, too often makes us our own worst enemy.”
― V.R. Christensen, Cry of the Peacock

“You see, reason, gentlemen, is a fine thing, that is unquestionable, but reason is only reason and satisfies only man’s reasoning capacity, while wanting is a manifestation of the whole of life. Fyodor Dostoevsky”
― Richard Flanagan, Wanting