Paola

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“And when he came to, he was flat on his back on the beach in the freezing sand, and it was raining out of a low sky, and the tide was way out.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“Ciò che mi infastidisce di più nelle canzoni che sento alla radio è che “non somigliano” affatto alla vita vissuta. Il mondo, come è descritto nelle canzoni, non esiste. La gente non ama come nelle canzoni, non soffre come nelle canzoni, e non dice le cose che si dicono nelle canzoni. È come se fosse stato creato un mondo fasullo, parallelo a quello vero, per potercisi nascondere quando la vita così com’è non ci soddisfa.”
― Sergio Caputo, Un sabato italiano

“You know, I’m really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore