Zachary Ryan Krocek

“If a person has never had the right to choose their information, freely associate with any kind of ideology, and develop an individual character with some passion and imagination—how can they become creative? It is against human nature. If you are against every essential value of individualism and independent thinking, and the willingness to take risks and bear consequences, and have a sense of responsibility—what kind of creativity do you expect? . . . It would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature”
― Elizabeth C. Economy, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd,
to avoid facing their own souls.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“I am not made like any that I have seen; I venture to believe that I was not made like any that exist.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed

“We are all different. We are all locked in struggle with our own demons.”
― Beatriz Williams, Our Woman in Moscow