Colin Maretsky

“They watched storms out there so distant they could not be heard,”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

“To die from 'a draining away of one's strength caused by extreme old age' was in Montaigne's day a 'rare, singular and extraordinary death.' Nowadays we assume it as our right.”
― Julian Barnes, Nothing to Be Frightened Of

“When we grow up, concepts gradually get easier and we leave the images to the poets”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching