Kim

“I even think that the best definition of a man is an ungrateful creature on two legs.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

“Did she ever love me as much as much as I love her? I don't think so. But I know she did love me in her own self-centered and self-destructive way.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Seriality is ubiquitous in life, nature, and cosmos. It is the umbilical cord that connects thought, feeling, science, and art with the womb of the universe that gave birth to them. ... We thurs arrive at the image of a world mosaic or cosmic kaleidoscope, which in spite of constant shufflings and rearrangements, also takes care of bringing like and like together.”
― Paul Kammerer, Das Gesetz der Serie: Eine Lehre von den Wiederholungen im Lebens- und im Weltgeschehen von Paul Kammerer.

“Look at the Wikipedia entry for any famous doctor, and you’ll see: ‘He proved himself an accomplished rugby player in youth leagues. He excelled as a distance runner and in his final year at school was vice-captain of the athletics team.’ This particular description is of a certain Dr H. Shipman, so perhaps it’s not a rock-solid system.”
― Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor