Isbah

“If you construct a room in paint, you haunt it. Your life rests in every stroke. So paint only the rooms that you can bear to occupy forever. Or paint the stars instead.”
― Benjamin Wood, The Ecliptic

“How can you regain confidence when you know that confidence is just a varnish painted atop human frailty?”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“There are so many things prickling in the back of my mind, threatening to take me out of this moment. But instead of worrying about anything, I close my eyes, lean forward, and allow myself to believe in us.”
― Jay Asher, What Light

“Some people fear that today we are again in mortal danger of massive volcanic eruptions or colliding asteroids. Hollywood producers make billions out of these anxieties. Yes, a big asteroid will probably hit our planet sometime in the next 100 million years, but it is very unlikely to happen next Tuesday. Instead of fearing asteroids, we should fear ourselves.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow