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“the planet, as with a person of difficult character. (Unless the difficulty of character is all on Mr. Palomar’s side: he tries in vain to escape subjectivity by taking refuge among the celestial bodies.)”
― Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar

“Australians in general are pretty casual about traveling. If you grow up there, you basically get trained in long-haul flights—fifteen hours, twenty-four—it’s what we’re used to. For us, eight hours across the Atlantic seems like a doddle.”
― Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book

“It is not possible to express this with symbols. All that the symbols can ever be is a flag in the sand pointing at where to dig. You have found the treasure. It is the world as it is.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Future

“friend’s adoration. How had he been so oblivious? Love was a room that appeared when you stepped into it. Cyrus understood that now, and stepped.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!