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George Saunders
“The Russians, when I found them a few years later, worked on me in the same way. They seemed to regard fiction not as something decorative but as a vital moral-ethical tool. They changed you when you read them, made the world seem to be telling a different, more interesting story, a story in which you might play a meaningful part, and in which you had responsibilities.”
George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

George Saunders
“There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people…”
George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“In my opinion, “excuses” is a mental illness, and people with this serious illness are all losers without exception.”
G. Ng, The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom

نزار قباني
“A tragedy when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body”
Nizar Qabbani
tags: life

“If you look at the ordinary people, you will find that they are all living passively, they always say much more than they do, or even do nothing. But almost all of them are good at finding excuses, they will find various excuse to procrastinate until they finally prove that this matter should not be, unable to or it is too late to be done.”
G. Ng, The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom

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