Julia Kotliar

“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
― Stanley Kubrick

“They were the worst threats to a home, for they offered ease and thought and companionship as opposed to neatness, order, and properness.”
― John Steinbeck