Landan

“I realised that the search for the Knowledge has encouraged us to think of the House as if it were a sort of riddle to be unravelled, a text to be interpreted, and that if ever we discover the Knowledge, then it will be as if the Value has been wrested from the House and all that remains will be mere scenery. The sight of the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in the Moonlight made me see how ridiculous that is. The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“I suppose all that stuff about infinity and eternity means that you think you are justified in doing anything—absolutely anything—here and now, on the off chance that some creatures or other descended from man as we know him may crawl about a few centuries longer in some part of the universe.”
― C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet

“On the contrary, it is words that are vague. The reason why the thing can’t be expressed is that it’s too definite for language.”
― C.S. Lewis, Perelandra

“She: One of us is boring. He: Why do you say that? She: Because . . . well, we’re just sitting here, not talking. He: What’s wrong with that? She: Well, I don’t know. Probably nothing—it’s just that we don’t need each other for it. He: For what? She: Being quiet.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist