Sumi

“How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account of all the doors one has closed and opened, of all the doors one would like to re-open, one would have to tell the story of one's entire life.”
― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.”
― Carl Hiaasen

“How queer, the Hindus don’t feed their cows although they call the cow “mother”!’ Bakha thought.”
― Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable

“All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and repress, through reading, the desire to become a writer.”
― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space