Jan

“Like most of his countrymen, he was carried away by the sound of fine words, especially if uttered by himself.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Secret History of Costaguana

“I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all”
― Joni Mitchell

“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai

“those who forget the past tend to regret the future”
― Anne Tyler, Noah's Compass