The Sombre Nook

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. This is one reason why meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“In his heart, he always preferred the actuality of loss to the fear of it.”
― Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow

“To be unconquerable by anything, we must be willing to lose everything.
Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
― Einzelgänger

“There's no doubt that he'll be heading straight for tragedy. It will be beautiful, of course, but should he throw his whole life away as a sacrificial offering to such a fleeting beauty—like a bird in flight glimpsed from a window?”
― Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow