Madeline

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time.

A thicket of summer grass
Is all that remains
Of the dreams and ambitions
Of ancient warriors.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches