georgia

“a terrible beauty is etc., etc. take it from me. you laugh because you've been ransacked to the limit of your soul, because your lover betrayed you almost unto death, because your first son was neverborn. you laugh because you have no front teeth and you've sworn to never smile again.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“They were all enamoured with the idea of progress and believed that whatever was new must be superior to what was old. As if merit was a function of chronology!”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano