Alex

“Do you believe in ghosts, Maester?" [Jaime] asked Qyburn.

The man's face grew strange. "Once, at the Citadel, I came into an empty room and saw an empty chair. Yet I knew a woman had been there, only a moment before. The cushion was dented where she'd sat, the cloth was still warm, and her scent lingered in the air. If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“All men are so afflicted, from time to time.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“The moon distresses you by silently reminding you of your solitude; you open your eyes wide to escape your loneliness.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“In pursuit of health, happiness and power, humans will gradually change first one of their features and then another, and another, until they will no longer be human.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow