A.

“Even though the suitcase was heavy I carried it by the handle as I walked into the departure hall. I detested the tiny wheels, first of all because they were feminine, thus not worthy of a man, a man should carry, not roll, secondly because they suggested easy options, shortcuts, savings, rationality, which I despised and opposed wherever I could, even where it was of the most trivial significance. Why should you live in a world without feeling its weight? Were we just images? And what were we actually saving energy for with these energy-saving devices?”
― Karl Ove Knausgaard

“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
― Rick Moody

“The red world And corresponding red breezes
Went on Geryon did not”
― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

“There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.”
― George Saunders, In Persuasion Nation