Patrick Torrens

“The rebirth of the soul is perpetual; only rebirth every hour could stay the hand of Satan.”
― James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain

“Although some graduating classes will have a “handful of celebrities” who move on to the national stage, he pointed out that most would find themselves “building or strengthening your communities. Please love that destiny, if it turns out to be yours—for communities are all that’s substantial about the world.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.
So she was turned into a pillar of salt.
People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore.
I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun.
This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Be patient. Your future will soon come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five