Ásta Ólafs

“People always talked about having children as an event, as a thing that took place, they forgot that not having children was also something that took place, that is to say it wasn’t a question of absence, a question of lack, it had its own presence in the world, it was its own event.”
― Katie Kitamura, Audition

“For a book is a fragile thing. It’s nothing but the spores of plants, blown by wind, until it’s captured on paper. And once it’s on paper, it still must be a book.”
― Rex Pickett, The Archivist: A Thriller

“He'd never been to see a shrink.
'Why?' She asked.
'Either because I never quarreled with who I was or because I was afraid what I'd uncover and end up quarreling with everything I was.”
― André Aciman, Room on the Sea

“I know we’re supposed to spin terrible things to make it sound like they were actually good, but that’s bullshit. That heart attack did not save your life. Cancer is not a gift. Your abuser did not give you strength. Terrible things are terrible. Let’s just acknowledge it. If you found strength, wisdom, or a new way of thinking, that’s awesome, but notice that the strength, wisdom, and new worldview came out of you, which means it was all there inside you to begin with.”
― Paris Hilton, Paris