Dalia

“what people cannot control, you can control for them.”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

“You see, Klara," I said, "you think that a lie is a lie, and it would seem that you're right. But you aren't. I can invent anything, make a fool of someone, carry out hoaxes and practical jokes- and I don't feel like a liar and I don't have a bad conscience. These lies, if you want to call them that, represent me as I really am. With such lies I'm not simulating anything, with such lies I'm in fact speaking the truth. But there are things I can't lie about. There are things I've penetrated, whose meaning I've grasped, that I love and take seriously. I can't joke about these things. If I did, I'd humiliate myself.”
― Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves

“I am someone who is completely unique in this world, someone I need to take care of for the rest of my life, and therefore someone I need to help take each step forward, warmly and patiently, to allow to rest on some days and encourage on others - I believe that the more I look into this strange being, myself, the more routes I will find to happiness.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“في كل مرة أقول فيها " أحبك"، فإن الكلمة تخرج و كأنها جديدة، أعمق، و أغنى و كأنها كعكة خوخ مع فارق بسيط في الذوق و الملمس. بسبب كل هذا أتساءل، من ناحية المكان و الزمان، كم من الوقت المستمر و الفاصل احتاجه حتى أتمكن من الجلوس في نفس الغرفة معك و القراءة لساعات دون قول كلمة أو مقاطعة التحدث أو المناقشة أو مشاركة شيء معك، أن أقرأ دون ان يتراقص صوتي الداخلي مكرراً:"انت هنا… انت هنا..هنا!”
― Sylvia Plath, رسائل سيلفيا بلاث 1940 - 1963