Kim Upton

“Я вважаю, що в житті є три фактори: талант, удача, праця. Маючи два з них, можна досягти успіху. Талант і праця можуть компенсувати відсутність удачі. Талант плюс удача можуть дати змогу обійтися без праці. В ідеалі треба мати всі три.”
― Бернар Вербер

“Why, Esther wonders, do any of us believe our lives lead outward through time? How do we know we aren't continually traveling inward, toward our centers? Because this is how it feels to Esther when she sits on her deck in Geneva, Ohio, in the last spring of her life; it feels as if she is being drawn down some path that leads deeper inside, toward a miniature, shrouded, final kingdom that has waited within her all along.”
― Anthony Doerr, Memory Wall

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Don't talk. You'll just spoil my fantasy of rescuing an innocent damsel in distress as soon as you open your mouth.”
― Susan Ee, World After