Ben

“On the wall was a dress that I embroidered. It said "Ich Habe Genug." Which is a Bach Cantata. Which I once thought meant "I've had it, I can't take anymore, give me a break." But I was wrong.
It means "I have enough." And that is utterly true. I happen to be alive. End of discussion. But I will go out and buy a hat.”
― Maira Kalman, The Principles of Uncertainty

“When something large and oncoming passed, the windshield's big rectangle was for a moment incandesced and opaque with water, which the wipers heaved mightily to displace.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“He is a monk. On his card it says INNER PEACE CENTER. I will go there in February for a tea ceremony. Does he actually know more than I do about inner peace? If he met my relatives, would he have a nervous breakdown? What about his relatives? Do they drive him nuts? The truth is everybody gets on everybody's nerves.”
― Maira Kalman, The Principles of Uncertainty

“Certains animaux connaissent des extases peut-être plus puissantes
ontologiquement à partir de leur silence et au sein de leur appartenance au
milieu, que nous-mêmes à partir du langage et dans notre désappartenance
progressive encore qu’intermittente à la nature.
Certains cerfs d’automne pris dans leur brume sont plus au courant de
l’intrigue originelle que les dieux.”
― Pascal Quignard, Abîmes