Sasha

“The personality of a man always poses the biggest obstacle to his own education, thought Charlie. He’s either too proud, too stubborn, or too timid to submit to the process of discovery. Many of life’s lessons come through trial or tribulation, and the cost of those lessons shouldn’t be taken lightly. But at least half of what a man hasn’t learned in his lifetime he could have learned with ease. This is one of the insights that comes with age—when one understands the nature of discovery but no longer has the time or energy to submit to its splendors. Thus, we are doomed to end our days in an ignorance largely of our own making.”
― Amor Towles, Table for Two

“I’ve got to accept limitations before I can discover my possibilities.”
― James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin

“But I inherited a desire to make myself too fast to be touched. All pain inflicted upon this body must be earned.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

“I have lived under these circumstances for nine years, my friend. That is a long time to give one’s life over to resentment.”
― Amor Towles, Table For Two