Chris Via

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

“Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.”
― John Updike, Self-Consciousness

“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.”
― Vivian Greene

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges