Yagmur

“But the truth is, when people are really given the opportunity to be something else, and that change is real and permanent, most opt to stay the same. They get scared. Even if there’s an obviously better choice, it’s terrifying to take that leap. And if that something else is a major change, there’s always a learning curve. Sometimes it’s better to stay in familiar skin.”
― Matt Dinniman, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

“My four-year-old mind couldn’t possibly register it at the time, but it was the scent of happiness, of joy, of being a kid, of not being afraid.”
― Matt Dinniman, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

“Picasso took his young girlfriend Françoise Gilot, a great author and artist in her own right, to a hovel in Montmartre to visit an old woman who lay dying in her dank apartment. Her body was decaying. Her teeth had fallen out. Picasso gave her a kiss and some money. As they left, Gilot said, “Why did you introduce me to that woman?” He said, “In 1901, my friend the Spanish poet Carles Casagemas committed suicide over her beauty.”
― Anthony Hopkins, We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir

“You will not break me. You will not break me.”
― Matt Dinniman, Carl's Doomsday Scenario