Noam Lerner

“Other entities are what they are, but as a human I am whatever I choose to make of myself at every moment. I am free.”
― Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café

“The distinction between two selves is applied to the measurement of well-being, where we find again that what makes the experiencing self happy is not quite the same as what satisfies the remembering self. How two selves within a single body can pursue happiness raises some difficult questions, both for individuals and for societies that view the well-being of the population as a policy objective.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“I’ve missed you, too,” I said, abandoning all attempts at honesty.”
― Robin Hobb, Golden Fool

“If I were making up a story, I would have it gray and miserable outside, but it was sunny and miserable instead,”
― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast