Courtney

“The universe began as an enormous breath being held. Who knows why, but whatever the reason, I'm glad it did, because I owe my existence to that fact. All my desires and ruminations are no more and no less than eddy currents generated by the gradual exhalation of our universe. And until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.”
― Ted Chiang, Exhalation

“Which do you think is more patient, an idea or a hope?”
― Max Porter, Lanny

“Love is a tree with branches in forever with roots in eternity and a trunk nowhere at all”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“What kind of suicide is it to kill in the world what you find in yourself?”
― Jesse Ball, The Divers' Game