Nayana

“Even an imagined togetherness beats being alone.”
― Martin Riker, The Guest Lecture

“Now most people in affluent and middle-income countries worry about what (and how much) is best to eat in order to maintain or improve their health and extend their longevity, not whether they will have enough to survive.”
― Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

“When something was said in a certain kind of way, it seemed to embrace the cosmos. It’s not just my heart, but every heart was involved, and the loneliness was dissolved, and you felt that you were this aching creature in the midst of an aching cosmos, and the ache was okay. Not only was it okay, but it was the way that you embraced the sun and the moon.”
― Sylvie Simmons, I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

“This self was not really you, it didn't sufficiently encompass what you care about or what you want to say. Because at the end of the day, you are uniquely ill-equipped to convey to the world what you care about or what you want to say.”
― Martin Riker, The Guest Lecture