Gnome Tales

“Connell always gets what he wants, and then feels sorry for himself when what he wants doesn't make him happy.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“It is prudent never to trust those who have deceived us, even if only once.”
― René Descartes, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings

“If you want something you've never had
You must be willing to do something you've never done.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods