Simon

“Tis a funny thing, reflected the Count as he stood ready to abandon his suite. From the earliest age, we must learn to say good-bye to friends and family. We see our parents and siblings off at the station; we visit cousins, attend schools, join the regiment; we marry, or travel abroad. It is part of the human experience that we are constantly gripping a good fellow by the shoulders and wishing him well, taking comfort from the notion that we will hear word of him soon enough.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“Yes, the world makes room for goodness and decency, he thinks: and the task of life is to show goodness to others, not to complain about their failings.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“What haunts are not the dead, but the gaps left within us by the secrets of others,” the psychoanalyst”
― Philippe Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

“Virtually every abductee receives information about the destruction of the earth’s ecosystem and feels compelled to do something about”
― John E. Mack, Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens