Vivek Bali

“Then we sallied forth into the streets arm in arm, continuing the topics of the day, or roaming far and wide until a late hour, seeking, amid the wild lights and shadows of the populous city, that infinity of mental excitement which quiet observation can afford.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Edgar Allan Poe: 148 Poems, Tales, Novels, Essays and Plays

“our every utterance will reduce the amount of air left for thought and bring us closer to the moment when our thoughts cease altogether. Will it be preferable to remain mute to prolong our ability to think, or to talk until the very end? I don’t know.”
― Ted Chiang, Exhalation

“Your assumptions are your worst enemies. Trust them too much, and you’ll fail to see what’s right under your nose.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X

“Dead people can’t hurt you. They’ve left the big world and now reside only in the little world of your mind, where you’re God and you can pull their strings and make them come to life if you want, or set them in a corner until the next time you need that little something they bring. You can edit out the bad stuff and keep just those shining moments. It doesn’t always work that way and sometimes a piece of the bad will pop up and stick a needle in your brain. But that’s okay, because sometimes you need that.”
― Jack Moon, Coffin Dirt: A Tale of Winter